Girl shot while biking/Shotspotter revealed
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DeanC
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Post subject: Girl shot while biking/Shotspotter revealed  Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 2:19 pm |
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Saw this story on KMSP 9 last week, but can't find any mention of it on their site anymore:
Quote: KSTP.com - 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS
U of M student shot while riding her bike
Updated: 06/07/2006 05:31:29 PM
A 26-year-old University of Minnesota graduate student has a BB lodged in her leg after she was shot Wednesday while riding her bike in south Minneapolis.
The Shot rang out around 9:45 a.m. at Bloomington Ave. and 31st St. E. Police think the shots came from a nearby house. Police are still looking for the gun and more evidence.
There was a brief standoff at the house after the shooting. Police closed a portion of Bloomington Ave. and even called in the SWAT team. They eventually arrested four people that they believe were involved with the shooting.
Anna Selmecki was simply doing what she does every day--riding her bike to class at the U of M.
"To have this kind of violence affect me is very unnerving," she told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS. Selmecki said she considers herself very lucky to not be seriously injured.
She was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center and released. She will not have to have surgery, but she said doctors decided to leave the BB in her leg.
Meanwhile, neighbors watched the morning police frenzy.
"This is scary," said neighbor Chris Knudsen. "I got six kids and they run around here all the time." Turns out it was just a BB gun, but on KMSP, before that was known, they were lamenting that a new gun shot detector was supposed to have been installed in that neighborhood, but wasn't working yet. Obviously, if it was working, it wouldn't have detected a BB gun anyhow.
However, this is the first I had heard of this technology being available and wow - it's already installed in Minneapolis, and it also has video integration. Sheesh - I think I'm getting paranoid now. When do they turn on the x-ray cameras to see who's packing and who's not?
http://www.shotspotter.com/
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Post subject: Re: Girl shot while biking/Shotspotter revealed Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 2:34 pm |
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Pat Cannon
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 2:37 pm |
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Since when does a shot from a BB gun 'ring out'? Seems like there's clichés that journalists have to use; maybe it's a union rule.
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 2:38 pm |
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Maybe she had a steel plate in her leg?
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 2:51 pm |
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Moved to General Gun Discussions.
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 6:25 pm |
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Notice "The Shot" (capital s) rang out. Must have capitalized it for emphasis.........and I have never heard a bb gun shot ring out either 
Must be a musical BB gun.........have to get me one of those. Maybe with crimson trace grips......sound and light show 
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 6:55 pm |
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I actually have the Ch 5 news story about this "shot spotter" technology on tape.
I have a couple questions:
1: How well does this technology get along with thunderstorms? How often are the police gonna be cahsing their tails when the system eventually drifts out of spec?
2: How much chaos and confusion could one cause with a pack of firecrackers? How about on the Fourth of July?
This system is flawed at its inception; it's a reactive measure that tells the police where to find the victim. The truth is there are only one or two things that will help reduce the crime rates in Mpls... Either increase the manpower of the police force 10 times, having a cop on every block with a TASER or ease the restrictions on concealed carry.
The second option might get me to go downtown a little more often, but the first one would probably kill their economy. Having more cops on Block E would be a little like Las Vegas trying to be a little more "family friendly".
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 7:19 pm |
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Pat Cannon wrote: Since when does a shot from a BB gun 'ring out'? Seems like there's clichés that journalists have to use; maybe it's a union rule. lmfao!! that is exactly what i thought when i read it. seems like some journalists are stuck in a rut.......stuck in a rut.......stuck in a rut looking for descriptive terms.
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