Last week, a man was shot and killed by police in New Haven. Authorities say that he shot two West Haven police officers.
The Office of the Inspector General is reviewing the incident, and the preliminary report was issued on Monday.
According to authorities, officers of the Drug Enforcement Administration Task Force and the West Haven authorities Department arrived at an apartment on Grand Avenue in New Haven at approximately 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, January 29. They had a search warrant for a drug investigation.
The Office of the Inspector General reported that the police discovered a woman when they entered the building.
Shortly thereafter, Aaron Freeman, who is 35 years old, opened fire on the policemen from a bedroom on the first floor.
West Haven police officer Robert Rappa was injured in the calf by one of the bullets.
According to the Office of the Inspector General, Martin Scanlon, a Waterbury police officer who was assigned to the DEA Task Force, chased Freeman and sought shelter in the stairs that led to the second floor.
He and Freeman exchanged gunfire, and then the firing from the bedroom ceased.
The officers who were present at the site waited for the West Haven Police Department Special Response Team to arrive with safety shields before entering the apartment.
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According to the Inspector General’s preliminary investigation, West Haven Police Sergeant Joseph Riehl, a member of the Special Response Team, was injured in the upper leg by a bullet that Freeman fired through the wall of Freeman’s bedroom when Riehl was approaching the bedroom. Riehl then returned fire.
According to the report, the Connecticut State Police Central District Major Crime Squad discovered a gun in the vicinity of Freeman’s body.
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An autopsy was performed by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, which ruled that Freeman’s death was a homicide and that he died from gunshot wounds to his chest and extremities.
The Waterbury police delivered a statement shortly after the Office of the Inspector General report was made public.
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