Bodycam Footage Shows Shot Bristol Cop Shoot And Kill Man Who Ambushed Cops, Killed Two

BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — In agony due to a gunshot wound from an ambush that had just killed two comrades, a Connecticut police officer’s bodycam shows him hobbling back behind a police cruiser and firing a single bullet at the suspect. Investigators say the shot was fatal.

“Shots fired, shots fired, more cars, send everyone," a breathless Officer Alec Iurato said, according to a segment of body camera footage released Sunday. It's part of a preliminary report by the state's Office of the Inspector General in connection with Wednesday's shooting in the town of Bristol.

he inspector general's office said Iurato, Sgt. Dustin DeMonte and Officer Alex Hamzy went to the house shortly before 11 p.m. in response to a 911 call. Authorities say the call was made by Nicholas Brutcher, 35.

They spoke to Brutcher's brother, Nathan, at a side door, and told him to step out of the house. As he did, authorities say Brutcher opened fire on the officers from behind, shooting more than 80 rounds.

DeMonte and Hamzy died of multiple gunshots to their heads and torsos, and Iurato was wounded in the leg.

In Iurato's body camera footage, he can be heard breathing heavily and exclaiming in pain as he makes his way around the house.

Anguished screams echo through the residential street, at one point apparently saying “He’s dead!” It was not clear who was screaming.

As Iurato reaches the police cruiser, a hail of at least two dozen gunshots rings out.

The footage shows Iurato — his face reflected in the cruiser's window — as he braces his service weapon on the vehicle, takes aim and fires once. Someone yells “He's down,” before Iurato radios in that the suspect is down.

Brutcher died from a gunshot wound to the neck with spinal cord injuries, authorities said. His brother was also wounded that night.