BRISTOL, Conn. (WHDH) — Two police officers have been killed and one is seriously injured in a shooting in Bristol, Connecticut, Wednesday night.
Connecticut State Police said two officers, Bristol Police Sgt. Dustin Demonte and Officer Alex Hamzy, are dead and a third, Bristol police Officer Alec Iurato, is seriously injured after all three Bristol Police officers were shot Wednesday night in a residential area of Bristol near the ESPN offices. Police said they were responding to a domestic incident between two brothers. Two suspects were shot at the scene, brothers Nicholas and Nathan Brutcher. The former died and the latter is in the hospital and recovering after a surgery. Bristol Police said there is no danger to the community.
The incident is also being investigated as a potential “deliberate act to lure law enforcement to the scene.”
A man who lives across the street said he heard more than 30 gunshots and heard a woman screaming, “You killed them!”
“This is a senseless tragedy, and my prayers are with their families, loved ones, and fellow officers,” Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont wrote in a tweet.
First responders gathered outside the hospital in Bristol, where an American flag flew from the ladder of a fire truck in tribute to those officers. Lamont also directed flags in the state be lowered to half-staff to honor the two officers killed. A procession transporting the fallen officers to the state medical examiner’s office also took place in the morning.
“Our men and women of the Bristol Police Department are privileged and honored to serve on the front lines protecting the community of Bristol and that’s what these heroes did last night,” Bristol Police Chief Brian Gould said in a press conference Wednesday morning. Gould said one of the officers is survived by his wife and two kids and has a third child on the way. The second officer killed leaves behind his wife, parents and two sisters.
State Police said the investigation is active and fluid, setting up a command center for the investigation.
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