A juvenile was killed in an overnight shooting on Detroit’s west side. Police responded around 1:45 a.m. to a ShotSpotter alert on Brace Street, near the Southfield Freeway.

Police are searching for the person involved in a drive-by shooting that left three people injured on Detroit’s east side after someone in a black SUV opened fire on them.

The Detroit City Council narrowly approved a nine-month extension of the city’s ShotSpotter contract Tuesday, following emotional public comment and a debate over whether the gunshot-detection technology improves public safety or drains resources that could be used elsewhere.

Detroit City Council narrowly approved a nine-month extension of the city’s ShotSpotter contract Tuesday after hearing emotional testimony from residents and sharp questions from some council members about the technology’s effectiveness and cost.

A man was killed, and another man was listed in critical condition after a ShotSpotter alerting police of a shooting on Detroit’s west side.

The Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of a group of residents who filed a lawsuit against city officials over the Detroit Police Department’s use of ShotSpotter gunshot-detection technology.

Police were searching for three people, including an armed man, early Friday morning after a Detroit officer was shot.

A man was killed in a shooting around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday morning and his body was found on the property of a school in Detroit.

A teenager was killed in a shooting on Detroit's west side.

Detroit City Council voted 5-4 to approve a new contract to expand a technology that supposedly uses a network of sensors to detect gunshots and direct law enforcement to a shooting scene.

Dozens of Detroiters showed up to city hall opposing the $8 million expansion of ShotSpotter technology.

On Tuesday, the Detroit City Council will vote on whether to expand the use of ShotSpotter, the controversial technology that detects gunshots.

Creating a safer city for all was the topic of discussion at a special meeting Thursday night, where community members came together with city leaders and law enforcement officials to talk about solutions.

As ShotSpotter becomes more controversial, Detroit police show more enthusiasm about the technology.

ShotSpotter is technology used to pinpoint gunfire, but it’s drawn a lot of controversy in Detroit.

A piece of technology that’s in parts of Detroit wasn’t there to alert police when someone started shooting people at random Sunday.

It is an audio surveillance system that recognizes the sound of gunfire, and Monday (June 6), 'Shot-Spotter' is only being used in two of Detroit's precincts. Still, the city wants to expand using $7 million in Federal COVID Relief Funds.

Chicago's watchdog agency has concluded in a scathing report that the gunshot detection system the police department uses rarely produces evidence of gun-related crime in the city.

Police are finding new ways to get guns off the streets. They’re using new technology in neighborhoods that are seeing a spike in shootings.

Disturbing bodycam video shows a 13-year-old boy appearing to drop a handgun and begin raising his hands less than a second before a Chicago police officer shoots and kills him.

Police seized several weapons and more than 200 rounds of ammunition on March 19, 2021. DETROIT – Police made a large weapons bust on Detroit’s east side Friday afternoon. One of the men, 26, was issued a ticket for discharging a firearm inside city limits and possessing a weapon while intoxicated. His weapon was recovered, his CPL license was seized and the man was released. AdThe 51-year-old man was currently out on bail after being arrested in February for possession of a stolen firearm.

DETROIT – When crime statistics for 2019 were released earlier this year, Detroit found itself leading the country in violent crime. In 2014, it was used in a 2.18 square mile area of the ninth precinct. In the two-year period of the pilot program, ShotSpotter produced 18 search warrants, 30 weapons recovered, 571 rounds of ammunition collected and nine felony arrests, according to Detroit police. “Those are not eye-popping statistics, but we got some dangerous criminals off the streets,” says Detroit City Councilman Scott Benson. That works out to about $371,000 per year, or $62,500 per square mile, according to Benson.