The Stamford, Conn., patrol car was responding to a call at about 4:12 p.m. when it struck the Rev. Tommie Jackson, police say.
STAMFORD, Connecticut — A minister who was an adviser to the city’s police department was struck and killed Wednesday by a police cruiser while he was retrieving his mail, reports say.
“The void that has been left by his untimely passing will be difficult to fill; only the passage of time will bring comfort and healing.”that state police say the incident occurred on a street with a right curve and that Lockwood “made an evasive steering maneuver” before impact. “I ask that we all keep both the family of Pastor Jackson, his church family, Officer Lockwood, and his family in our thoughts and prayers during these most difficult times,” Redd said.
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