Overview
- The Connecticut Office of the Inspector General released bodycam footage that shows Officer Kyle Busse firing from inside a cruiser during the pursuit on I-84 West.
- Manchester police say the encounter began around 1:40 a.m. with a traffic stop on Center Street and continued onto the highway after stop sticks punctured the fleeing car’s tires.
- Police report that Samuel Lee fired several rounds at officers and struck at least one cruiser before Busse returned fire and hit Lee in the hip.
- Lee surrendered at the scene and was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, and I-84 West reopened after being closed for several hours.
- The Hartford State’s Attorney obtained an arrest warrant charging Lee with multiple felonies, and police say he also has six outstanding rearrest warrants.