In an early morning traffic crash over the weekend, Alex Bane was rear-ended by another driver in Chamblee. That’s when police say Bane grabbed a handgun and fired 12 shots at the person who hit him, narrowly missing him but striking the vehicle.
Thanks to a Ring doorbell camera in the area and a license plate reader, investigators were quickly able to identify Bane as the suspect, police said Thursday.
This week, the Ring company announced a change to its app that previously allowed law enforcement agencies to request and receive video from those with its cameras. But metro Atlanta agencies say they don’t expect the change to impact their investigations.
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“Nothing is going to change because people can still share their videos with us,” Gwinnett County police spokesperson Sgt. Michele Pihera told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
So what’s changing? According to Ring, the “Request for Assistance” tool on the Neighbors app, launched in 2017, will no longer work for those with the popular doorbell cameras.