SurveillanceHigh
ShotSpotter Failed to Alert Authorities of Mass Shooting in North Carolina
- Occurred
- Jan 1, 2023
- Published
- Feb 21, 2023
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
ShotSpotter did not detect gunshots and alert Durham police of a drive-by shooting in Durham, North Carolina which left five people in hospital on New Year's Day.
Developers
- ShotSpotter
Deployers
- Durham Police Department
- Law enforcement
Harmed parties
- mass shooting victims
- Durham residents
- Durham Police Department
- Law enforcement
Classification
Category confidence: 90%
Severity confidence: 85%
Rationale: ShotSpotter is a surveillance system that failed to detect gunshots, leading to delayed police response and injuries.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8