Associated Press writers Susan Haigh in Hartford, Connecticut, and Karen Matthews in New York contributed to this report.Ĭopyright 2022 The Associated Press. His name is Alec Iurato, not Alex Iarato. The story was previously updated to correct the spelling of the name of the wounded officer.

14, 2022, to correct the last time a police officer was fatally shot while on duty in Connecticut. A medical examiner said he died of a heart problem, but his name was added to a national memorial for fallen police officers after his family argued that his health problem was related to his healed gunshot wound. The last Connecticut law enforcement officer shot to death while on duty was Newington Officer Peter Lavery, who was killed while responding to a domestic violence call in 2004.Īdditionally, New Haven Officer Robert Fumiatti died in 2007, five years after being shot during a drug investigation. Schalitda Strong, who lives diagonally across the street from the shooting, said she ducked into her room “because it sounded so close.' Strong said she called 911, but police were already on their way. Neighbors said they heard two or three sets of gunshots, about 30 in all. Christine Jeltema said that when officers answered the call at roughly 10:30 p.m., they encountered someone outside the house, and shots were fired. (This year's overall number is far behind last year's pace, largely due to declining deaths from COVID-19.)Ĭonnecticut state police said they were still working to answer many questions that remained about the confrontation. Nationwide, 54 officers have died by gunfire on the job so far this year, compared to 62 throughout 2021, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page, a nonprofit organization that tracks U.S. The deadly encounter came during a week when at least 11 police officers have been shot around the country.

At one point, he said, a woman screamed, “You.

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