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CT State Trooper Shoots Knife-Wielding, Evicted Tenant: Police CT State Trooper Shoots Knife-Wielding, Evicted Tenant: Police
CT State Trooper Shoots Knife-Wielding, Evicted Tenant: Police An active, "complex" investigation is underway for an officer-involved shooting, officials say.  A Connecticut state trooper assigned to assist in a court-ordered eviction of a tenant, who lived in the small Windham County town of Brooklyn, shot and injured the tenant on Tuesday, May 9 at approximately 9:35 a.m., according to the Connecticut State Police.  Troopers arrived at the residence on Tiffany Street and reported that the tenant refused to comply with the eviction and was wielding a knife.  One of the troopers shot and injured the tenant during the incident.  Th…

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by Morgan Gonzales