ATF tool gives Lexington police the ammo they need to trace guns to crimes
So far this year, Lexington police have investigated more than four dozen shootings. 16 of them resulted in someone dying. Leigh Searcy gives us a preview of how police are connecting some of those crimes to other unsolved cases with technology.
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Much like a fingerprint, firearms leave clues. Police collect them on spent shell casings at crime scenes or on casings test-fired by officers after guns are recovered.
The Lexington Police Department uses an in-house system called NIBIN. It s the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network overseen by the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms.