A shooting in Connecticut drew nationwide criticism after a white police officer shot a 55-year-old Black man, Steven Jones, who was suffering a mental health crisis. The officer was responding to a situation in which the man was carrying a large knife on the street, and now the officer is being investigated by the state for manslaughter.
The officer in question is Joseph Magnano. Immediately after the Hartford Police Department gathered enough information about the Feb. 27 incident, Magnano was fired. In the immediate aftermath of the shooting, Magnano turned himself in to law enforcement and, on May 19, he was charged by the Connecticut Inspector General.
