Chicago, ShotSpotter
Three Shot Dead in Chicago Neighborhoods Where ShotSpotter Was Turned Off
It’s possible the victims could have been saved if Mayor Brandon Johnson hadn’t decommissioned the gunshot-detection system, some Chicago alderman say.
Chicago alderman calls for ShotSpotter to be reactivated after deadly shooting
A Chicago alderman renewed calls for Mayor Brandon Johnson to reactivate Chicago's ShotSpotter contract after a weekend shooting left the body of a 19-year-old woman lying in an alley for hours.
4 dead, 3 wounded in weekend shootings across Chicago, police say
At least four people were killed and three others were hurt in weekend shootings across Chicago. The ages of the victims range from 16 to 35. In the first shooting of the weekend, a 35-year-old man was sitting in a parked vehicle with a woman Friday just after 10:30 p.
Man fatally shot on Chicago's South Side
CHICAGO - A 26-year-old man was shot to death in Chicago's Gresham neighborhood Saturday night. Police said the shooting happened in the 7900 block of South Ashland Avenue around 10:15 p.m. The victim was standing with a group of people in an empty lot when someone started shooting.
Chicago man faces charges in deadly Logan Square shooting last summer
CHICAGO - A Chicago man has been accused of fatally shooting a 19-year-old man in Logan Square last summer. According to the Chicago police, Carmelo Aviles, 40, was arrested Thursday near his home in the 3800 block of West Huron Street.
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Opinion: Chicago Should Reinstate Use of ShotSpotter Tech
It’s been two weeks since Mayor Brandon Johnson ended the city’s contract with the company that owns and operates the ...
Editorial: Two weeks and too many bodies on the streets. Please reinstate ShotSpotter, Mayor Brandon Johnson.
Several gunshot victims have lain dead or wounded and unattended for long stretches following ShotSpotter’s contract ...
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End of ShotSpotter starts post-shooting blame game
As the City Council debated the future of ShotSpotter last month, some alders warned that every shooting occurring after the ...
ShotSpotter's gone, but city still needs to find gunshot victims fast
The sooner victims make it to the hospital, the more likely doctors can save them, the director of the University of Chicago ...
East Side community mourns 19-year-old Sierra Evans and wonders if ShotSpotter could have saved her
Babies cried and dogs barked on the other side of a fence where Sierra Evans was fatally shot last weekend. Adults gathered ...
Defunct ShotSpotter heard gunshots 9 hours before woman’s body found, alderman says
A ShotSpotter gunshot detection sensor reportedly recorded the sound of gunfire more than nine hours before an East Side ...
Loved ones mourn loss of teen killed on Far South Side as debate over ShotSpotter continues
Anti-violence advocates are calling for the return of ShotSpotter, the city’s ShotSpotter gunshot detection technology, ...
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Oakland, Calif., ShotSpotter Pact to Expire at Critical Time
A City Council committee will consider next week a new contract with the company that provides the gunshot-detecting tech.
A Sad Adieu to ShotSpotter
It isn’t difficult to see where Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s shortsightedness on the gunfire-spotting technology will lead ...
Chicago alderman urges Mayor Johnson to reactivate ShotSpotter after death of Sierra Evans
A Chicago alderman is calling on Mayor Brandon Johnson to reactivate the city’s ShotSpotter gunfire detection system after ...