Birmingham Police Arrest 13, Receive 600 Citizen Gunfire Reports During New Year's Gunfire Crackdown

Madison Underwood | munderwood@al.com, The Birmingham News
Tue, 01/01/2013 - 8:05am

Between the hours of 7:30 p.m. and 3 a.m., Birmingham police received 631 citizen reports of gunfire, and received 560 gunfire calls for service from the Shot-Spotter gunfire detection system. The Shot-Spotter system also logged 543 fireworks calls, according to the Birmingham Police.

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Birmingham Police Arrest 13, Receive 600 Citizen Gunfire Reports During New Year's Gunfire Crackdown

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