![]() ![]() "I also ask the residents of Connecticut to keep in their prayers a third officer who was shot while responding to this emergency and is currently in the hospital with serious injuries." "The loss of two officers from the Bristol Police Department who were killed in the line of duty while responding to an emergency call of domestic violence is a senseless tragedy, and my prayers are with their families, loved ones and fellow officers," Lamont said in a written statement. Gov. Ned Lamont directed all U.S. and state flags to be lowered to half-staff in honor of the two officers. More officers lined both sides of the street and saluted as the truck slowly passed in a motorcade that grew to be a mile long. The truck soon began to move, with Bristol police walking behind it. Gould gently patted the parked medical examiner's truck as he walked by, as if saying goodbye to his fallen officer. A giant flag hung over the road, dwarfing the officers below. A long line of police cars followed the medical examiner's truck as it headed to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Farmington.ĭozens of officers from all over the state then gathered near the scene of the deadly shooting, waiting to honor Hamzy. ![]() Hours later, officers gathered outside Bristol Hospital in the early-morning darkness to see off DeMonte. It wasn't pop, it was pop, pop, pop, pop, pop." "My dog was even barking, it was 10 shots and then a pause followed by 10 more," the woman said. "I said, 'I'm not gonna go out there right away!"Īnother nearby resident said the gunfire sounded like it was coming from an assault weapon. The Birch Road woman, who did not want to be identified, said she was in bed but awake when she suddenly heard several loud "pops." "The whole area smelled like gunpowder," he said. He stuck his head outside his apartment window to get a better look. "If I had to guess, I'd say it was 30 shots," Ghiroli said. Mike Ghiroli, who lives nearby on Redstone Hill Road, said he heard the gunshots in bursts. Lauzon said she first didn't know if someone was knocking on her door, but quickly realized it was gunfire. "I heard three rounds of 9 or 10 gunshots each." Robyn Lauzon, who lives around the corner on Birch Road, said she was awoken by the gunfire. He said he heard a woman screaming, "you (expletive) killed them!" Rodriguez said he saw the first officers arrive and two of them go down. A little more than 30 seconds later, two more shots are heard.ĭanny Rodriguez, who lives nearby, said he was outside when the shooting started. About 15 seconds later, more than 20 shots ring out, seemingly muffled or farther away. About a minute later, a single shot is heard. The initial series of shots included about 30 rounds, fired over the course of six to seven seconds, as heard in the video footage from a nearby apartment complex. We will get through this horrific event," Gould said. To the members of the Bristol Police Department, I mourn with you. ![]() The shooting happened at a home in the 300-block of Redstone Hill Road, said Connecticut State Police Sgt. Christine Jeltema, whose agency is investigating the deadly exchange of gunfire. Neither of the brothers have pending criminal cases or prior convictions listed on the state judicial website. Police also did not say what charges Nathan Brutcher faces. Police have not released a potential motive for the incident and have not said who shot the Brutcher brothers. "Preliminary information appears to point to the 911 call being a deliberate act to lure law enforcement to the scene," state police said in a statement. They said it appeared the shooting was planned. Police said the officers were responding to a 911 call about an apparent dispute between two brothers, who have been identified as Nicholas Brutcher, 35, and Nathan Brutcher, 32. Nicholas Brutcher was fatally shot at the scene, while his brother was wounded and taken to Saint Francis Hospital, state police said. Wednesday, Bristol Police Chief Brian Gould said. Bristol Police Officer Alec Iurato, 26, survived the shooting and was released from the hospital Thursday morning after undergoing surgery, state police said. Sgt. Dustin DeMonte, 35, and Officer Alex Hamzy, 34, were killed in the shooting, which happened around 10:30 p.m. State police say law enforcement may have been lured to a Redstone Hill Road home Wednesday night where two local officers were killed and another was wounded in an apparent ambush. By Christine Dempsey, Lisa Backus, Jesse Leavenworth, and Ben LambertīRISTOL, Conn. ![]()
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