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Robot dog helps lead police to arrest metro Atlanta murder suspect

DeKalb PD partners with metro company for robotic security systems The collaboration recently led to the identification and arrest of a suspect in a murder case. (PHOTO: Undaunted Robotic Security)

DEKALB COUNTY, GA — A robot dog helped lead police to solve a drive-by shooting in July that left two people dead in metro Atlanta.

Police say 13-year-old Demarcus Shirley and 45-year-old Chauncey Newman were killed in the shooting at a apartment complex on Rockcliff Road in DeKalb County on July 2.

Undaunted Robotic Security CEO Brian Dinner says their robot dogs stationed at an apartment complex in DeKalb County took a photo of the man wanted in the drive-by.

Dinner says that later led to police to an arrest.

“DeKalb asked if we seen anyone matching this description so we shared it,” he said. “We were able to get a close-up image of the person’s face from the robot.”

Undaunted is providing 134 personal security units or robot dogs in apartment complexes across the metro Atlanta area.