Shot Spotter Tips Police on Springfield's 14th Murder | CBS 3 Springfield - News and Weather for Western Massachusetts | Local News

Shot Spotter Tips Police on Springfield's 14th Murder | CBS 3 Springfield - News and Weather for Western Massachusetts | Local News: "19-year-old Springfield man left for dead after being shot four times. Witnesses didn't call 911. Technology pointed police in the direction of Springfield's 14th murder victim.
Police found Springfield's 14th murder victim of 2010 at the John L. Sullivan housing project on Nursery Street near Boland Elementary School.
'I saw the police. I saw the forensics truck. I was like, great someone died.'
The victim, 19-year-old Reality Shabazz Walker, was pronounced dead when he arrived at Bay State Medical Center shortly after midnight Tuesday.
'He had been shot four times. Once in the head. Once in the chest. Twice in the upper part of his legs,' says Sergeant John Delaney of the Springfield Police Department.
Police say cops were on scene minutes after the gunfire. No witness called 911. Police relied on technology, a shot spotter.
'When somebody shoots off a gun, no matter what caliber, we'll know within 10-15 seconds where the shooting took place,' Delaney says."