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One Suspect Injured, Another Apprehended In CT Officer-Involved Shooting One Suspect Injured, Another Apprehended In CT Officer-Involved Shooting
One Suspect Injured, Another Apprehended In CT Officer-Involved Shooting A police officer is under investigation by Connecticut State Police after shooting a suspect in the leg. The incident took around 7 a.m., Monday, April 26, in New Haven County when the two people ran up to the Derby officer's police cruiser as he was sitting at a traffic light, said State Police Trooper Joe Dorelus. The officer got out of his vehicle to see what was wrong when one of the people who approached the vehicle pulled out a gun and fired shots at a passing vehicle, Dorelus said. The Derby officer then returned fire and shot the man in the leg, he added. The suspect was taken to…

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