An Ohio man made a 911 call as he was allegedly in the act of killing his boyfriend.
A tape of George Rauls’ March 1st call reveals that he told the dispatcher “I need a cop cause me and my boyfriend got into it and I’m about to kill him.”
Bond set at $1 million for George Rauls. @CLEpolice say he strangled his roommate Christopher Hardy on W. 111th. pic.twitter.com/pOyQxPJeng
— Julia Bingel (@JTullosCBS19) March 4, 2016
As the dispatcher asks routine questions, Rauls replies “Why does this matter? I have a belt wrapped around his neck, and I’m choking him.” The suspect later queries why the police had not yet arrived at the scene.
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According to Steve Loomis of the Cleveland Police Union, it took responders 12 minutes to arrive at the scene because all officers were already on high-priority matters. City reps say the average response time for top-priority calls is about 8 minutes 30 seconds. An assistant safety director told Fox 8 Cleveland that the dispatcher did a good job of handling a difficult situation.
It is alleged that Rauls and victim Christopher Hardy started arguing in their apartment at about 8:45 p.m. When the argument escalated, Rauls wrapped a canvas belt around Hardy’s neck and choked him to death.
Rauls has now been indicted for murder. He did not enter a plea at his first hearing.
Listen to the 911 call below.
