Melvin Mercedes-Rodriguez was arrested in Springfield after a ShotSpotter alert for firing a gun and drug possession.

SOMERVILLE — For a decade, a network of ShotSpotter sensors has been listening in on Somerville, waiting to hear pops of gunshots. Some of the devices are perched out of view atop buildings.

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — A man and a 17-year-old boy were taken into custody after a ShotSpotter alert Saturday afternoon in South Peoria. According to the Peoria Police Department, officers ...

Wilmington Police Department says that Monday night around 11 p.m., police responded to a ShotSpotter alert in the 400 block of Gleason Road. When the police arrived, they found two males at the ...

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Wilmington Police responded to a Shotspotter alert near a grocery store on Friday, October 11. Police say the Shotspotter alert came in at 8:38 p.m. for a location near ...

David Moore (17th Ward) said in a statement sharing Chico’s findings. “For a woman to be found 9 ½ hours after a ShotSpotter alert could have been sent is heartbreaking.” Chicago police data through ...

Pittsburgh Public Safety said officers were called to Collier Street just before 10 p.m. on Tuesday for a ShotSpotter alert. At the scene, officials said officers found a man who said his son was ...

PITTSBURGH — A suspect’s car hit a pole, flipped over and caught on fire after he fled the scene of a ShotSpotter alert in Crafton Heights on Wednesday, Pittsburgh police say. Police responded ...

As opposed to a 911 call that often requires law enforcement to patrol entire neighborhoods for victims and evidence, the precise location of a ShotSpotter alert decreases the risk of unnecessary ...

Officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert around 10:43 a.m. in the 1800 block of North Montford Avenue. Once on the scene, officers found a 30-year-old woman and a 29-year-old man both suffering ...

Officials confirmed police were dispatched to the 2300 block of Wilner Drive in East Hills around 2:45 a.m. Sunday for a seven-round ShotSpotter alert. When officers arrived at the scene ...

The New York police department (NYPD) announced it will begin using drones to respond to reports of robberies and alerts from a city-wide gunshot detection system.