Police release 911 audio after Sanford Goldsboro shooting investigation continues

Police released 911 audio and records in Sanford’s Goldsboro neighborhood as investigators kept working to determine exactly what happened in a shooting that left a 60-year-old man wounded. Three days after the shooting, detectives still had not identified the victim or the suspect, leaving residents with the same questions they had after the sirens faded: who was involved, whether there was any ongoing danger and how fast officers could secure the block.

The new records offer the first detailed look at how the scene unfolded, including the sequence of calls, the urgency in callers’ voices and the information dispatchers passed to officers and medics. In a neighborhood where people know one another and word travels fast, that kind of audio matters because it helps separate rumor from the facts investigators are using to build the case. The records also do not settle whether the shooting was targeted, spontaneous or tied to a wider dispute.

Goldsboro carries a history that makes violence there resonate beyond one street. City materials describe Historic Goldsboro as one of Sanford’s oldest neighborhoods, founded in 1891 by William Clark and among the first self-governing Black communities in the United States. A Sanford community development report says District 2, which includes Goldsboro, has been the city’s main target area for Community Development Block Grant spending since 2010, and that Sanford and Seminole County have directed CDBG, State Housing Initiative Partnership and HOME money toward home rehabilitation there.

That backdrop has made public safety and neighborhood stability closely linked in Goldsboro, where a shooting can quickly affect how people feel about walking outside, letting children play and settling into evening routines. The release of police records does not answer every question, but it gives residents a clearer account of the emergency response and the early hours of the investigation.

The concern has been sharpened by another round of violence near Historic Goldsboro. Sanford police investigated two shootings there on June 7, 2026, a deadly double shooting that left one person dead and another injured. A June 11 News 6 video item said witness 911 calls shed light on that case, underscoring how often dispatch audio becomes one of the first public windows into a shooting investigation.