Incident 446: ShotSpotter Failed to Alert Authorities of Mass Shooting in North Carolina
Entities
View all entitiesIncident Stats
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline

DURHAM, N.C. — ShotSpotter technology has been available for only two weeks in parts of Durham -- but didn't activate during a mass shooting over the weekend.
WRAL News spent the day looking into why the ShotSpotter didn't activate.
The sho…

The newly installed ShotSpotter system did not alert on a drive-by shooting that put five people in the hospital on New Year's Day, revealing limitations of the gunfire detection software being piloted in the Bull City.
"We did not receive …

A controversial gunfire detection software that Durham is piloting failed to notify police after a drive-by shooting outside of a Subway restaurant in east Durham on Jan. 1.
One juvenile and one adult were hospitalized with serious injuries…

DURHAM. N.C. (WNCN) — The Durham Police Department hopes ShotSpotter will help officers quickly respond to gunfire. The sensors pick up gunshots and automatically alert officers.
CBS 17 has learned police did not receive automatic ShotSpott…