911 call (about Iverson)

Transcript of 911 call

This is a transcribed copy of a 911 emergency tape obtained yesterday by The Inquirer.

The caller is Charles Jones, who has accused Allen Iverson of carrying a gun in his waistband and barging into his West Philadelphia apartment looking for his wife, Tawanna Turner Iverson. Jones claims Iverson and another man confronted him and says he called police 10 hours later.

Dispatcher: Philadelphia police dispatcher 174.

Caller: Um, yes, I'm calling. It was an incident that took place early this morning.

OK.

C: And, um, I wanted to press charges against a particular person.

OK, what happened?

C: All right. Allen Iverson came to my house. My roomate is Shaun Bowman. He's Allen Iverson's first cousin.

OK.

C: Allen Iverson and his wife have been going through some type of problem or whatever at home.

OK.

C: All right, um, Shaun took Iverson's wife and they, like, hiding away from them, or whatever the case may be.

OK.

C: Something about Iverson saying, see, he put her out the house naked; it's like the third time he did it. Again he told her the next time he see her he was going to kill her, and this, that and the other.

OK.

C: So like, you know, any other person, she felt endangered, so she left.

OK.

C: So Iverson came to my house. It was like, like, three-something this morning, right?

Mmm-hmm.

C: It was like 3, 3:30 this morning. I believe Shaun called and sent the police out this morning.

OK.

C: But I had left from the facility because I was scared.

OK.

C: All right, so I didn't talk to no police. I seen them, but I didn't, like, talk to them talk to them. But, um, he came in here. Well, this morning I was in the back asleep and I had another young gentleman in here with me. He lives directly above me.

OK.

C: Iverson knocked on the door. And he opened the door - like he cracked the door, and then Iverson pushed the door open and it hit him in his chest. Him - Iverson - and another young gentleman came in the house. When I woke up, Iverson was standing over me asking me where was Shaun at. And I was like, "I don't know where Shaun is at." He was like, "Yes, you do." He was like, "Where my f- wife at?" Cussing at me, going off. He was like, "You got to tell me where he's at or something is going to happen."

Right.

C: He had a gun on his hip. He was sitting there threatening to shoot me this morning . . .

OK.

C: . . . and the boy that was in here. So then, I was leaving. He had me, I couldn't use no phone, I couldn't call nobody. I couldn't do nothing. I was scared. Because, you know, I just woke up out of my sleep...

Now, was Shaun still hiding his wife out?

C: Um, I don't even know where they're at. He was supposed to call me back. He hasn't even called me back. So I don't even know what's going on.

OK.

C: So, um ...

So you want to make a report of the incident that happened between you and him?

C: Yes.

OK.

C: Yes

Give me your address, sir.

C: My address is 6235 Chestnut St.

OK.

C: Apartment number is 309R.

Do police need a code to get into the building?

C: Yes.

What's the code there?

C: It's [deleted].

OK, I'll send police out there to you.

C: OK.

OK, sir.

C: Thank you.

Bye-bye.