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An investigation is underway after a New Mexico firefighter dismissively hung up on a caller reporting a shooting that led to the death of a local teenager.

Firefighter Matthew Sanchez was on dispatch duty last month when he got a call about the shooting of Albuquerque high schooler Jaydon Chavez-Silver, 17. The teen was at a house with around 10 other people when someone shot at the house five times, striking and eventually killing Chavez-Silver.

In audio first obtained by KRQE last Monday (Warning: Very Angering), a 911 caller, clearly distraught, can be heard saying she is trying to give the victim CPR.

Sanchez asks if the boy is breathing. The caller says “barely,” and can be heard encouraging Chavez-Silver to “stay with me.”

“Is he breathing?” Sanchez asks again.

“He’s barely breathing,“ the caller replies. “How many times do I have to fucking tell you?”

“OK, you know what, ma’am?” Sanchez responds. “You can deal with it yourself. I’m not gonna deal with this, OK?”

“No, my friend is dying!” the caller says before Sanchez hangs up.

A spokeswoman for the Albuquerque Fire Department told HuffPost that the department will not be commenting until it concludes its investigation of the incident. It is unclear when that will be. In the meantime, Sanchez has been placed on administrative desk duty, the spokeswoman said.

Albuquerque Fire Chief David Downe told KRQE that the investigation was initiated once the department learned of the “alleged misconduct.”

Alleged….we have a video recording, his job address and his name but it’s still “alleged”

The family is beyond themselves, and they say in the meantime, they’re trying to focus on catching the person who initially shot him.

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