Dispatcher tells 911 caller, ‘deal with it yourself’

Albuquerque Fire Department says the firefighter on the line is Driver Matthew Sanchez, who was working in the dispatch center that night.

The call was made after Jaydon Chavez-Silver, 17, was shot in June as he watched other teens play cards at a friend’s house in Albuquerque.

Police have still not made any arrests in the case. “I am taking the allegation very seriously”. Additional information will be added as it becomes available.

During the call, a clearly distraught female tells Sanchez, “I am keeping him alive!”

Albuquerque Fire Chief David Downey said in a statement that the department has launched an internal investigation into the call.

“No! My son is dying”, the caller shouted”.

She expressed Chavez-Silver was barely breathing and became agitated when Sanchez asked, “Is he breathing?”

The dispatcher then asked again, “Is he breathing?”

911 caller: “Barely” (inaudible) “Stay with him” (inaudible) “Stay with him, good job”.

A 911 operator in New Mexico could lost his job after he hung up on a caller trying to save her son’s life. “How many times do I have to f***ing tell you?” You can deal with it yourself. I’m not going to deal with this, ok.

This story has been corrected to say a dispatcher, not a firefighter, took the 911 call, and that the dispatcher told the caller to “deal with it yourself”, not “herself”.

Sanchez responds. “You can deal with it yourself”. In the meantime, Sanchez has been placed on administrative desk duty, the spokeswoman said.

Dan Sparago, a spokesperson for the victim’s family, told KRQE that the family is “beyond belief about what happened”.

A reward of up to $4,000 is being offered to anyone with information on Chavez-Silver’s killer, according to a Facebook remembrance page for the teen.