A West Hartford, Connecticut, police officer shot and killed a suspect behind the wheel of a stolen vehicle this week, the town’s police chief says.
"He was inside the vehicle. The vehicle took off across the street and inside the vehicle he discharged his weapon," Riddick said, noting that"repeated efforts and orders to stop the vehicle" were made by the officer before the shooting.
That officer, who has not been publicly identified, suffered head injuries after the vehicle crashed into a telephone pole, Riddick said. The suspect who was shot received CPR at the scene and later was pronounced dead at a local hospital. West Hartford Police Chief Vernon Riddick Jr. told reporters Wednesday that the officer involved in the shooting had tried to get the suspect to stop the vehicle.
The man who was arrested by police during the incident was identified by Fox61 as Lyle Solsbury, 47, of West Hartford. interfering with an officer, larceny of a motor vehicle and conspiracy to commit larceny of a motor vehicle. The name of the suspect who was shot and killed during the incident in West Hartford, Connecticut has not been released.Solsbury was described by the Hartford Courant newspaper as a convicted felon with an extensive criminal record. Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox
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