Officers May Have Been Lured Into Deadly Ambush

October 14, 2022 4:26 am

BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — Two police officers who were shot dead in Connecticut had apparently been drawn into an ambush by an emergency call about possible domestic violence, authorities said Thursday. A third officer was wounded in the gunfire. State police said in a release that the 911 call Wednesday night about a dispute between two siblings appears to have been “a deliberate act to lure law enforcement to the scene” in Bristol. Bristol Police Sgt. Dustin Demonte and Officer Alex Hamzy were killed. Officer Alec Iurato was injured. Police said the suspect, Nicholas Brutcher, 35, was shot dead, and his brother Nathan Brutcher was wounded. The surviving brother, 32, was hospitalized, and it wasn’t immediately clear whether he or his family have an attorney or someone else who can speak for them.Neighbor Danny Rodriguez said he was outside his home across the street when the gunfire rang out. “I heard a whole war going on behind me,” he said. “It was so loud and crazy.” Connecticut state police said they were still working to answer many questions that remained about the confrontation. No video of it has emerged publicly.