Location

April 16, 2019

New Haven, Connecticut

Participants

Incident Characteristics

• Shot - Wounded/Injured
• Accidental Shooting
• Accidental Shooting - Injury
• Stray bullet
• Officer Involved Incident
• Officer Involved Shooting - Officer shot
• Officer Involved Shooting - subject/suspect/perpetrator unarmed - may have other weapons

Notes

Officers stopped and shot into car thought to be part of armed robbery...it was not. Officer Devin Eaton charged in 2019. Officer Easton pleaded no contest to the shooting

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

• Type: Unknown

Sources

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• URL: https://www.wfsb.com/news/officer-involved-shooting-under-investigation-in-new-haven/article_4c47389a-602b-11e9-a44b-fbac922a83e1.html

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• URL: https://www.necn.com/news/new-england/Police-Investigation-Closes-Dixwell-Avenue-in-New-Haven-508632731.html

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• URL: https://www.wtnh.com/news/connecticut/new-haven/heavy-police-presence-in-new-haven-1/1929504843

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• URL: https://www.wtnh.com/news/news-8-exclusive/exclusive-yale-university-cop-also-shot-during-new-haven-shooting-of-unarmed-woman/1936282456

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• URL: https://fox61.com/2019/07/24/police-shooting-case-in-new-haven-given-to-states-attorney-office-case-still-being-reviewed/

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• URL: https://www.wfsb.com/news/driver-in-new-haven-officer-involved-shooting-case-arrested-for/article_59d21768-b518-11e9-a72a-df3b267ae75b.html

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• URL: https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/State-Police-Arrest-Hamden-Officer-Who-Opened-Fire-on-Car-in-New-Haven-in-April-563548651.html

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• URL: https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Ex-Hamden-cop-pleads-guilty-in-shooting-of-16772689.php?fbclid=IwAR1PKV8qAw1MV8cJGpGzfeH6wQE73wjJ-rK29C9bKENAKFJzvIp3DUNYutU

District

Congressional District: 3
State Senate District: 10
State House District: 93