A 911 operator for the Albuquerque Fire Department has resigned after audio was released from a recent emergency call in which he told a teen, who called in a panic, seeking help for a friend who'd been shot, to "deal with it yourself" before hanging up.

17-year-old Esperanza Quintero made the call after friend Jaydon Chavez-Silver, was shot in a drive-by shooting.

Matthew Sanchez, the dispatcher who answered the call, can be heard repeatedly asking if the victim is breathing. "I'm doing CPR", says Quintero, before swearing in frustration.

"You know what, ma’am?” the dispatcher said to Quintero as her friend was dying. “You could deal with it yourself. I’m not gonna deal with this, okay?”

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