Man Sentenced In Officer-Involved Shooting Case In Cheshire

CHESHIRE, CT — A Cheshire man was sentenced to serve 12 years in prison in connection with an officer-involved shooting that took place during a domestic violence incident last year, according to the Meriden Record-Journal.

The Record-Journal reports Cameron Pernin, 31, was sentenced this week to 20 years in prison, suspended after 12 years served, followed by five years of probation. He pleaded guilty in November to two counts of attempt to commit first-degree assault and one count each of third-degree assault and first-degree reckless endangerment.

Pernin was arrested in June 2018 after police responded to a home in the 100 block of Fairway Drive to investigate a domestic violence disturbance. The victim was able to get out of the home before police arrived.

"The suspect, Cameron Pernin, then exited his home armed with a semi-automatic handgun and began firing at officers," Cheshire Police said at the time of the arrest. "Three Cheshire police officers returned fire, striking Pernin at least one time. Pernin sustained non-life-threatening injuries and retreated into his home where he remained barricaded."

Police made contact with Pernin and talked him into surrendering a short time later. He was taken to a local hospital for treatment, according to police. Pernin was originally charged with risk of injury, third-degree assault and first-degree threatening.

Pernin, who was shot in the hand by police, was wearing a bulletproof vest and was accused of threatening his infant daughter and her mother during the incident, the Record-Journal previously reported.

Read more from this week’s sentencing at the Meriden Record-Journal here.