Crime
The officer acquired into the automobile whereas making an attempt to arrest the suspected automotive thief.
WEST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut police officer, trapped inside a transferring stolen automobile, shot and killed the suspect who was behind the wheel, the native police division’s chief mentioned Wednesday.
“Repeated efforts and orders to cease the automobile” have been made by the officer earlier than he finally shot the suspect, West Hartford Police Chief Vernon Riddick Jr. mentioned throughout a information convention. The chaotic scene occurred throughout rush hour Tuesday afternoon on a busy native avenue within the Hartford suburb.
“He was contained in the automobile. The automobile took off throughout the road and contained in the automobile he discharged his weapon,” Riddick mentioned of the officer, who sustained head accidents after the automobile lastly struck a phone pole.
The suspect, who obtained CPR on the scene, was pronounced useless at a neighborhood hospital.
The chaos started when police first obtained a report of a stolen automobile on Tuesday afternoon. They used tire-deflation gadgets to try to cease it, however the automobile stored transferring earlier than ultimately crashing. Two suspects ran off from the automobile on foot. One was captured and arrested. The second suspect ran to a close-by automotive service heart, fought with an worker in a service bay whereas attempting to steal a second automobile, Riddick mentioned.
When the officer arrived at that scene, he acquired into the automobile along with his police canine throughout an try to arrest the suspect. The suspect, nonetheless, drove off with the officer inside. The stolen automobile hit a police cruiser and one other automobile earlier than the officer finally fired his gun, Riddick mentioned.
The incident is being investigated by the state’s Workplace of Inspector Common.