Two cops dead, one seriously injured in shooting while investigating domestic violence call

Two cops had been killed and a 3rd wounded by gunfire on Wednesday evening (Footage: AP)

Two cops had been killed and a 3rd wounded after being shot whereas investigating a home violence name to 911.

The three officers responded to the emergency name positioned in Connecticut in a single day on Wednesday.

Sgt Dustin Demonte, Officer Alex Hamzy, and Officer Alec Iurato of the Bristol Police Division responded in a residential neighborhood in Bristol.

‘On October 12 at 10.29pm, Bristol Police Division acquired a 911 name to 310 Redstone Hill Highway for a potential home between two siblings’ Connecticut State Police Sgt Christine Jeltema said.

Police reply the scene of a capturing in Bristol, earlier than daybreak Thursday (Image: AP)

The officers discovered no home disturbance on the home. As an alternative, when officers arrived on the scene, they had been instantly met with gunfire.

Police sources instructed ABC Information that a man was ready for them in ambush, armed with an AR-15.

One of many officers was shot lifeless exterior the home. The opposite two had been rushed to space hospitals, the place a second officer was later pronounced lifeless.

Bristol Police Chief Brian Gould recognized Sgt Demonte and Officer Hamzy as the 2 deceased officers. Iurato is presently nonetheless hospitalized and recovering after surgical procedure.

Connecticut State Police Sgt Christine Jeltema speaks at a information convention about two cops killed (Image: AP)

Demonte, 35, was a faculty useful resource officer and a 10-year veteran of the Bristol PD. He's survived by his two kids and spouse, who's pregnant along with his third youngster, Gould mentioned. Hamzy, 34, was an 8-year veteran of the Bristol PD and is survived by his spouse.

Police mentioned the shooter was pronounced lifeless on the scene. His brother was additionally shot and transported to an space hospital. It's unclear if the brother was additionally firing on the officers.

State police stay on the scene of a capturing that killed two cops and severely injured a 3rd in Bristol (Image: AP)

State police confirmed that an investigation remains to be in its preliminary phases, however they don't imagine any shooters are nonetheless at massive.

‘That is an remoted incident, and we would like the neighborhood to know there is no such thing as a menace,’ Jeltema mentioned.

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamonte ordered flags to be lowered to half-mast for the fallen officers. ‘This can be a mindless tragedy, and my prayers are with their households, family members, and fellow officers,’ the governor mentioned on Twitter.

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