A prosecutor has told a jury that a Connecticut state trooper’s fatal shooting of the 19-year-old man who had just crashed a stolen car following a high-speed chase was “overkill” and showed an “extreme indifference to human life.
Connecticut State Trooper Brian North testifies during his trial in Connecticut Superior Court, Friday, March 8, 2024, in Milford, Conn. North is charged with first-degree manslaughter for shooting 19-year-old Mubarak Soulemane in January 2020 in West Haven after a chase from Norwalk on Interstate 95. FILE - This Jan.
“If they felt as though they were in fear of death or serious physical injury, how is it not reasonable to think that Trooper North thought that way as well?” Riccio asked. Devlin, who investigates all deadly uses of force by Connecticut police officers and found that the shooting wasn’t justified, told the jury that officers had the car surrounded and Soulemane could not go anywhere. He said Soulemane was sitting in the driver’s seat with a knife, but was not an imminent threat to police.
Riccio, though, said North believed Soulemane was about to attack the other officers and was defending them when he opened fire.
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