Shotspotter, Chicago’s gunshot detection technology, was being dismantled after the city’s contract with SoundThinking expired. Mayor Brandon Johnson decided not to renew the contract earlier this year, citing concerns with the system’s reliance on artificial intelligence and microphone sensors. The technology, which identifies gunshots and sends data to law enforcement, is controversial and is now being removed from the city.
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New Mexico teen kills entire family and then calls 911 to drunkenly confess to quadruple homicide: police
A 16-year-old New Mexico boy was arrested for allegedly killing his parents and two siblings, confessing to the crime while drunk and in a phone call to 911. Diego Leyva faces first-degree murder charges for the quadruple homicide in Belen, where his family members were found shot dead inside their home. Despite being intoxicated, Leyva surrendered peacefully and was hospitalized for detox before being detained in a juvenile justice center in Albuquerque as authorities investigate...
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