ShotSpotter didn’t hear the gunfire that killed a man in Central Square, first incident since reactivation, police say

The ShotSpotter gunshot detection system didn’t detect the fatal shooting of William Woodworth on Friday by police, a police spokesperson said. The shooting occurred less than a week after the technology was turned back on.

The shooting occurred on Temple Street in Central Square, a quarter-mile from where Xavier Bautista was shot and killed July 4. Both locations are within ShotSpotter’s 1.25-square-mile coverage area.

“During the Aug. 21 incident on Temple Street, ShotSpotter did not generate an alert,” said Jennie Lopez, director of communications for Cambridge police, in a Thursday email…

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