Shots near Nostrand

the invisible lines · December 2013

Just heard two volleys of shots near Nostrand about a minute apart from each other. I'm on Pacific and Nostrand, and they sounded like they were a couple blocks south of me. Stay safe out there, folks.

It's a shame. I haven't heard any in a pretty long time.

newguy88 · December 2013

Anyone have any more information? I just walked by Nostrand and Pacific going up to the Nostrand A. I would have been out there around the time of the shooting. I didn't hear anything or see any emergency response from the NYPD or the FDNY.

laura palmer · December 2013

It usually shows up on http://www.spotcrime.com/ny/brooklyn relatively quickly if the police/an ambulance are called - and I don't see anything there.

Last sunday, someone else on this forum reported hearing shooting in the same area (nostrand/pacific) and there was similarly no record of a crime.

http://www.brooklynian.com/forums/topic/shootings-on-pacific-and-nostrand

Perhaps it's become someone's sunday tradition to fire shots in the air? Mine is to stay inside all day sleeping, but to each their own.

laura palmer · December 2013

correction sorry - I just noticed that on the thread I linked to whynot says spotcrime reports only if someone is hit, not if the police are called and he's probably right.

newguy88 · December 2013

Laura, Spotcrime can be notoriously inaccurate even if an incident is reported and someone is shot it might not show up.

whynot_31 · December 2013

The real news junkies use a scanner to listen to a specific frequency:

http://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?ctid=1855

Or, use one of the various websites that re-broadcasts the scanners over the web:

http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/ctid/1855

https://twitter.com/NYScanner

The biggest "bang for the buck" is obtained by listening to the Special Operations Division, (aka the Emergency Service Unit), which responds to most homicides or shootings in which a person is hit:

http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/1189

...for a fee, BNN will let you subscribe to their feed, which simply uses the above sources:

http://breakingnewsnetwork.com/

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