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WATCH | From brazen shootout to conviction: How new camera tech nailed gangster

10 July 2018 - 06:00 By Anthony Molyneaux
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A brazen shootout between members of the Hard Livings and the American gangs in Cape Town was caught on camera largely thanks to a gunshot-detection system called ShotSpotter.

But what is ShotSpotter and how is it influencing gang-related shootings in the most notorious areas plagued by gang violence? Watch our video to find out.

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