The police sent lawmen to Dandan and its environs on Saturday night after receiving a call that gunshots were heard coming from a car in the area. <\/p>\n
Public Safety spokesman Sgt. Jason Tarkong said police did investigate a call about gunshots in Dandan but no one confirmed the active shooter incident.<\/p>\n
Tarkong said there were reports about possibly the sound of someone shooting a gun in Dandan. <\/p>\n
He said police checked the area but there was no sight of a shooter.<\/p>\n
The Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services posted in its Facebook page that preliminary information from DPS is that a white four-door sedan sped away and that gunshots were heard from the direction of the fleeing car in Dandan.<\/p>\n
DFEMS said no injuries were reported and that no actual eyewitnesses were identified. <\/p>\n
Police were then patrolling in Dandan and its vicinity to ascertain what\u2019s going on.<\/p>\n
DFEMS urged anyone who has more information about the incident to call DPS. <\/p>\n
Employees at several stores in Dandan and San Vicente were alarmed about the alleged shooting as some customers informed them about the reports.<\/p>\n
A lot of people talked about the shooting incident on social media.<\/p>\n
It was not the first time that Saipan Tribune heard about this type of rumor as an alleged shooting incident in Dandan and San Vicente also circulated on social media a few months ago. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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