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Jose Enrique Soto

Local Police Who Fatally Shot Unarmed Fugitive Cleared Of Wrong-Doing Local Police Who Fatally Shot Unarmed Fugitive Cleared Of Wrong-Doing
Local Police Who Fatally Shot Unarmed Fugitive Cleared Of Wrong-Doing Four Connecticut police officers who fatally shot an unarmed man during an April stand-off have been cleared of wrong-doing by the state. The Connecticut Division of Criminal Justice recently issued its completed investigation into the deadly use of force that killed Jose Enrique Soto at his mother’s home on April 2 in Manchester. The State’s Attorney for the Judicial District of Tolland said that while Soto was unarmed that night, police reasonably believed they or the public were in danger of being fired upon. “While it is true that Mr. Soto did not possess a firearm at the time of the s…