Amazon’s Alexa calls 911 to save woman being battered by her gun-toting boyfriend who threatened to kill her
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Amazon’s
Alexa calls 911 to save woman being battered by her gun-toting boyfriend who
threatened to kill her
12 Jul
2019,
A MAN
in the US has been arrested after Amazon's Alexa called the police while he
allegedly beat his girlfriend.
Convicted felon Eduardo Barros, 28, attacked his girlfriend at a
house in New Mexico after he accused her of cheating on him.
It was this sentence that an Amazon Alexa smart speaker in the
home recognised as a voice command - prompting it to call emergency
services.
The New York Post
reports that representatives from the Bernalillo County Sheriff Department
arrived on scene shortly after the call was placed, taking the woman and her
daughter to safety.
Deputy Felicia Romero, a spokesperson for the department, said
the woman sustained injuries but she was not taken to hospital.
But according to the arrest warrant, she feared for her life
during the violent attack.
According to the police statement, Barros was upset over a text
message the woman had received - he was violently beating his girlfriend before
making the accidental voice command.
The arrest warrant said: “Barros told her she was not going
anywhere and he was going to kill her.
“When 911 called her phone, Barros saw the caller ID and threw
her to the floor.
"Barros then kicked her while on the ground at least 10
times in the face and stomach.
"Barros told her he could not believe the cops had been
called and he was not going back to prison and that she knew he was a felon.
"The victim stated she thought she was going to be killed
or shot.”
The couple's daughter, who was in the house at the time of the
attack, was not hurt.
Barros,
a convicted felon, was later taken into custody after a crisis negotiation team
and a SWAT team were called to the residence.
He was held without bail on charges that include possession of a
firearm, aggravated battery and false imprisonment.
After the arrest, a spokesperson for the police department
praised the technology for helping them to save a life.
Sheriff Manuel Gonzales said: “The unexpected use of this new
technology to contact emergency services has possibly helped save a life.
“This amazing technology definitely helped save a mother and her
child from a very violent situation.”
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