'We ask your thoughts and prayers be with the families, the officer and all those impacted,' Connecticut State Police said in a statement.
The shooting was on Redstone Hill Road, at Birch Street, just before 11 p.m. Wednesday. MIchelle Charlesworth has breaking details.Two police officers were fatally shot and a third wounded while responding to a domestic violence call in Connecticut, authorities said Thursday, amid an exceptionally violent week for officers across the country.
Officers responded to the domestic violence call at about 10:30 p.m., and were met by an individual outside the home, Sgt. Christine Jeltema of the state police said.A second officer died at a hospital, and the third officer taken to a hospital underwent surgery. "Words cannot express the sadness and grief that brings me before you this morning," the police chief said. "Sadly, we lost two exceptional Bristol police officers, and a third was seriously injured as a result of senseless violence."
Hamzy was raised in Bristol and graduated from Bristol Eastern High School in 2006, Gould said. He is survived by his wife, parents and two sisters.
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