
A Connecticut officer who opened fire on a man stealing a police cruiser, wounding him in the leg minutes before the man crashed the SUV into a diner, is under investigation for deadly use of force, state officials said Friday.
The state inspector general’s office and state and local police are reviewing Thursday’s shooting by a Bristol officer. The office, which was created as part of a 2020 police accountability law, investigates all deadly use of force by police in Connecticut.