The Broward Sheriff Office's highly touted "Shot Spotter" gunshot locator may have helped nabbed its first suspects before a 911 call was even made.
Two people were arrested early Tuesday morning after the system alerted deputies that three shots were fired on the 700 block of Northwest 6th Street in Pompano Beach, police said.
A deputy responding to the location saw a speeding car run a stop sign a half mile from the location of the shots. When the deputy stopped the car, he found a shot gun wrapped in a towel at the feet of the passenger next to a black ski mask.
He found another gun, an unloaded pistol, in the trunk, police said.
Shortly after the deputy stopped the car, a 911 caller phoned to report the shooting.
The car's passenger, 21-year-old Eric Harris Jr., was arrested for carrying a concealed firearm. The driver of the car was charged with traffic infractions.
The arrest comes less than two weeks after the "Shot Spotter" system was unveiled by the BSO. The system uses sensors to detect the sounds of gunshots and instantly relays the information of the gunshots' location.
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"It can differentiate how many shots were fired, how many different guns were used to fire those shots," Sheriff Al Lamberti said during a press conference earlier this month to introduce the program. "It's even so sophisticated that if it's a drive-by shooting, the system will be able to tell how fast the car was moving."
