I just wanted to give a little background about weekend events and locations of Marissa's disappearance in Greensboro in this case.
Exxon
Every weekend I listen to the Broadcastify scanner for GSPD. One thing I can tell you is the amounts of police calls to gas stations on or near East Market St. and East Gate City Blvd. Especially the ones with large parking areas like Sheets.
It has become a hangout for younger people to meet up. There was one gas station that actually held an event in the lot with a cover charge without notifying the city or getting an ok or police traffic help.
Hundreds of people showed up blocking the streets and causing an issue with GPD trying to direct pedestrians and cars.
A car hit several people and took off leaving injuries. The owner of the gas station was fined.
( I can try to find the news article on this incident but I heard it as it happened on the scanner ).
one17 lounge ( STILL OPEN ) My mistake saying it was shut down
These gas stations are popular after the bars close. Greensboro has been shutting down any nuisance bars that attract violence and numerous GPD calls. It was shut down only temporarily.
The one17 bar had many GPD calls and shootings in their parking lot. ( There are articles on it and I will try to find them and post ).
Airbnb Gorrel St.
The airbnb on Gorrel St. is a high crime area and the only reason I can think of for putting an airbnb here is it is near downtown and near bars great for partying. This street gets numerous calls for GPD.
The recent article from channel 2 stating police had no one to answer her call is a problem with not enough officers and high volume calls at peak hours. There has been an officer shortage for a few years and with the weekend having an influx of shots fired, overdoses, shootings, fights and disorderly's, I personally think her call for a minor theft of a cell phone was not high priority call at that time. MOO.
GPD and dispatchers.
Trust me when I say that the weekend late night early morning is crazy for GPD. I am not saying they did not care to help Marissa just that they were unable at the moment and did answer the call and interview clerk. I believe many people were present at all of these locations and witnessed much of it but unwilling to give info to police. MOO.
Unfortunately on Jan 14, 2023 I was not listening to Broadcastify so did not hear her 911 call go out. I can tell you from listening to GPD dispatchers that they are top notch, highly trained to handle high volume of calls and coordinating officers to locations. I am amazed at them when I listen to the busy weekends and calls during peak hours.
I hope this helps everyone to get a better sense of the locations and GPD in this case.
Edit : I made a mistake in stating the one17 bar closed permanently it was only temporary and I mistook it for a different lounge.
