Man fatally shot by Connecticut police was wanted in a 2022 shooting, fired at dog, report says
STONINGTON, Conn.– A man fatally shot by police in Connecticut last week had a gun and shot a police dog as he tried to flee from state troopers and other officers serving an arrest warrant for a 2022 shooting, according to a preliminary report released Wednesday by state authorities has been released. Office of Inspector General.
Vaughn R. Malloy, 42, is seen on police body camera video walking from the back of a home in the Pawcatuck section of Stonington, near the Rhode Island state line, on Dec. 21 and responding to police demands to stop ignores. Police then fired two “less lethal impact munitions” at Malloy before deploying the dog, known as Broko, to stop him.
“During this struggle, Malloy fired several rounds at the dog and Troopers struck a police vehicle and killed the Connecticut State Police dog,” the report said. Police can be seen and heard on police body camera video returning fire and attacking Malloy as the dog howls.
Police can be heard demanding that Malloy “put your hands up” as he lies partially on a sidewalk and road. An officer asks, “Where's the gun?” Another replies: “Next to him. The gun is next to him.”
Malloy was later pronounced dead at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital in New London. The Office of Chief Medical Examiner determined he died of “gunshot wounds to the torso and extremities.”
State police said after the incident that Broko, the police dog, “courageously gave his life to protect his handler, fellow troopers and our community.”
According to the preliminary status report, the Connecticut State Violent Crime Task Force-East, which included officers from the Norwich, Groton Town and Waterford police departments, attempted to execute an arrest warrant issued on June 20, 2022. -degree attack. Malloy was accused of shooting into the front of a house in Norwich on April 28, 2022, striking a female victim.
The task force obtained a search warrant on Dec. 21 to search the Pawcatuck home for Malloy, the report said.
In the bodycam audio, police can be heard announcing several times before the shooting that Connecticut State Police had a warrant for Malloy and repeatedly ordering him to come to the front door with his hands up and nothing in his hands. According to the report, Malloy ran out the back of the house after the tactical unit breached the front door using an extended ram attached to the front of their armored vehicle.
The case is still being investigated by several authorities.