A Chandler woman, Jennifer Bryan, has been arrested for filing a false report after she called to report a shooting in a home next door to her residence.
According to Chandler Police Detective Seth Tyler:
At around midnight on Monday, September 23, 2019, Chandler patrol officers were sent to the 1100 block of North Geneva Avenue for the report of a shooting. An unidentified female, later identified as Bryan, called 911 to report somebody was shot in the chest at the residence. When officers arrived at the home, they set-up a perimeter and organized an immediate action team for entry. Phone calls were made into the home and a loudspeaker was used for announcements, but officers received no response from inside.
Officers then heard screams from what sounded to have originated inside the home. The decision was made to breach the front door and when officers forced entry into the home, no emergency was located. Officers moved to a home next door to search for the alleged shooting scene and origin of the screams. When entry was made into this residence officers contacted the 39-year-old Bryan.
No emergency was found in Bryan’s residence either. Initially, Bryan denied any involvement in this incident but, once the Department’s dispatch center confirmed the 911 call originated from her phone, Bryan was placed under arrest.
Bryan was booked into the Chandler/ Gilbert Jail on one count of False Reporting to Law Enforcement.