A dispatcher could hear gunshots ring out as panicked hikers called 911 over what deputies feared was an active-shooter situation near Yosemite National Park, California authorities say.

The individuals were hiking on Parker Lake Trail when they heard — and felt — gunshots being fired in their vicinity Sept. 26, the Mono County sheriff’s office said in a news release.

After calling 911, the hikers later said they could hear the bullets pass them as they “hunkered down behind rocks and trees until the shooting stopped,” deputies said.

“Responding deputies were able to ascertain where the shots were coming from and, fearing an active shooter, immediately moved toward the sound of fire,” the sheriff’s office said. “They discovered three subjects target shooting north of the trail.”

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