In agony due to a gunshot wound from an ambush that had just killed two comrades, a Connecticut police officer’s bodycam shows him hobbling back behind a police cruiser and firing a single bullet at the suspect. Investigators say the shot was fatal.
, a Connecticut police officer’s bodycam shows him hobbling back behind a police cruiser and firing a single bullet at the suspect. Investigators say the shot was fatal.
The inspector general's office said Iurato, Sgt. Dustin DeMonte and Officer Alex Hamzy went to the house shortly before 11 p.m. in response to a 911 call. Authorities say the call was made by Nicholas Brutcher, 35. In Iurato's body camera footage, he can be heard breathing heavily and exclaiming in pain as he makes his way around the house.
Brutcher died from a gunshot wound to the neck with spinal cord injuries, authorities said. His brother was also wounded that night.Iurato, 26, a four-year member of the department, was released from the hospital on Thursday.Authorities are still investigating, and have not disclosed the circumstances that led to the 911 call or Brutcher opening fire, although they said earlier that it looked like the officers were lured to the scene with the emergency call.
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