D.C. police and city leaders are touting the crime-fighting technologies being used to combat violence in the District after another murder.

Police Chief Cathy Lanier (web|news|bio), Mayor Adrian Fenty, and Councilman Jack Evans (D-Ward 2) gathered Monday in Shaw, the scene of the city's most recent murder.

Christian Lamar Taylor, 19, was fatally shot about 9:45 p.m. Sunday in the 1200 block of 7th Street, NW.

The victim was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 10:05 p.m.

Police say the expansion of ShotSpotter technology, along with a new system for text messaging anonymous tips to police, have led to an increase in community involvement needed to take back the streets.

"By the middle of September, the ShotSpotter deployment here in Washington, D.C. will be one of the largest of any city in the country. It is just another new technolog[ical] tool that helps us tremendously in responding very quickly to crimes, with the assistance of our CCTVs in helping us close those crimes that do occur," Chief Lanier said. "It also puts on notice those folks [who] are out in the community, [who] are up to no good."

Police also announced the checkpoint in the violence-plagued Trinidad neighborhood ended Sunday night. Only five vehicles were refused entry and police made no arrests, according to officials. Police point out that no one was shot while the checkpoints were in place.

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