killed them!”Ī state police officer, Christine Jeltema, said officers were responding to a report of domestic violence at about 10.30pm when they encountered someone outside the address in question and shots were fired. “It was so loud and crazy,” said Rodriguez, who also recalled a woman screaming, “You. “I heard a whole war going on behind me,” said Danny Rodriguez, who said he was outside his home across the street and could smell gunpowder in the air. Witnesses said they heard three sets of gunshots, about 30 in all. It was not immediately clear whether he or his family have an attorney or someone else who can speak for them.Īuthorities said they were working to answer many questions. Police there said a 35-year-old suspect, Nicholas Brutcher, was also shot dead, and his 32-year-old brother, Nathan Brutcher, was wounded. The Polk county sheriff said the deputy was “saved” by his bulletproof vest.Ī Las Vegas police officer was fatally wounded early on Thursday after he and a partner stopped a vehicle while answering a domestic violence call, the Clark county sheriff said.īristol is a small city about 15 miles south-west of the Connecticut state capital, Hartford. Late on Wednesday, a sheriff’s deputy in central Florida was shot in the chest while investigating a report of a disturbance at a home. ![]() In Decatur, Illinois, two officers conducting a traffic stop were shot and wounded by a motorist who died after officers returned fire, police said. ![]() On Tuesday night in Mississippi, a Greenville detective, Myiesha Stewart, was killed and several people were injured as she and other officers responded to a call, authorities said.Įarly on Wednesday, three Philadelphia police officers were shot and wounded at a home and a suspect was killed when a Swat team tried to arrest the man wanted on a homicide charge, police said. Officer Alec Iurato was wounded.Īt least 10 officers have been shot around the US this week. A Bristol police sergeant, Dustin Demonte, and an officer, Alex Hamzy, were killed.
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