Incident

1-29-2025 Connecticut New Haven 2-1

Location

January 29, 2025

Mill River Crossing
657 Grand Ave
New Haven, Connecticut

Participants

  • Type: Victim
  • Participant Characteristics:
    • Law Enforcement
  • Name: Ofc Robert Rappa
  • Age Group: Adult 18+
  • Gender: Male
  • Status: Injured
  • Type: Victim
  • Participant Characteristics:
    • Law Enforcement
  • Name: Sgt Joseph Riehl
  • Age Group: Adult 18+
  • Gender: Male
  • Status: Injured
  • Type: Subject-Suspect
  • Name: Aaron Freeman
  • Age: 35
  • Age Group: Adult 18+
  • Gender: Male
  • Status: Killed

Incident Characteristics

  • Shot - Wounded/Injured
  • Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
  • Officer Involved Incident
  • Officer Involved Shooting - Officer shot
  • Officer Involved Shooting - subject/suspect/perpetrator killed
  • Drug involvement

Notes

drug-related search warrant led to shooting between suspect, officers

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

  • Type: Unknown

District

Congressional District: 3
State Senate District: 11
State House District: 95