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From driver to witness in a few taps - that would be a title suitable for a Hollywood movie based on a person’s drive through a certain neighborhood in Boston last week.
An unnamed driver has driving through the Roxbury district last Saturday while following instructions from the Waze navigation app. All things were well until the driver spotted a group of people engaged in a fight in the middle of the street, less than 100 feet away from the car.
A quick change of plans sent the driver into reverse, and the car was then rerouted on a side street, in the attempt of running away from the dangerous attackers that eventually drew guns and started to shoot at each other. Police officers found four spent bullet shell casings at the scene of the incident recorded by the dash camera.
Fortunately, none of the bullets were meant for the driver, but this could have ended badly, as they have for an elderly woman in Brazil, whose husband was guided by Waze into the "favelas," one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in the world. The 70-year-old woman was shot to death, but the man lived to tell the horrific tale of their misfortune.
Thanks to the footage that is also available below, Boston P.D. managed to arrest a 21-year-old man named Devaughn Dardy, who now stands charges of assault with a dangerous weapon, discharging a gun within 500 feet of a residence, and unlawful possession of a firearm.
According to the Boston Globe, the driver used Waze app for directions just before reaching Dale Street, the place where the shooting took place. There was no danger or hazard marked on the map, but this is not the kind of thing that is available in the user control panel for Waze.
Fortunately, there were no victims following this incident. Boston only had one killing by firearm in July 2016, but it was not the one that almost was captured on this video.
Evidently, this is not Waze’s fault for sending a driver on a street where some people were shooting at each other, but the app might have to introduce an "avoid dangerous neighborhoods" feature. Who knows, this might become a thing in a few years, especially with America's gun control laws.
It took Boston Police Department less than 48 hours since the incident happened to capture one of the individuals involved in the shooting. William Evans, Boston P.D. Commissioner, praised the work of the officers under his leadership, and thanked the unnamed driver for calling the police on time and providing the dash cam footage to aid in identifying the suspects.
You can watch the dash cam footage below, but beware of the NSFW language.
A quick change of plans sent the driver into reverse, and the car was then rerouted on a side street, in the attempt of running away from the dangerous attackers that eventually drew guns and started to shoot at each other. Police officers found four spent bullet shell casings at the scene of the incident recorded by the dash camera.
Fortunately, none of the bullets were meant for the driver, but this could have ended badly, as they have for an elderly woman in Brazil, whose husband was guided by Waze into the "favelas," one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in the world. The 70-year-old woman was shot to death, but the man lived to tell the horrific tale of their misfortune.
Thanks to the footage that is also available below, Boston P.D. managed to arrest a 21-year-old man named Devaughn Dardy, who now stands charges of assault with a dangerous weapon, discharging a gun within 500 feet of a residence, and unlawful possession of a firearm.
According to the Boston Globe, the driver used Waze app for directions just before reaching Dale Street, the place where the shooting took place. There was no danger or hazard marked on the map, but this is not the kind of thing that is available in the user control panel for Waze.
Fortunately, there were no victims following this incident. Boston only had one killing by firearm in July 2016, but it was not the one that almost was captured on this video.
Evidently, this is not Waze’s fault for sending a driver on a street where some people were shooting at each other, but the app might have to introduce an "avoid dangerous neighborhoods" feature. Who knows, this might become a thing in a few years, especially with America's gun control laws.
It took Boston Police Department less than 48 hours since the incident happened to capture one of the individuals involved in the shooting. William Evans, Boston P.D. Commissioner, praised the work of the officers under his leadership, and thanked the unnamed driver for calling the police on time and providing the dash cam footage to aid in identifying the suspects.
You can watch the dash cam footage below, but beware of the NSFW language.
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