Crime & Safety
Pursuit of Stolen Car Leads to Shots Fired, Crash; State Trooper, Woodbury Police Officer, and Suspect Injured
State and local Woodbury police officers engaged in pursuit of a stolen vehicle out of Woodbury late Monday morning.
This was something straight out of a big budget action movie, but in reality it was real life and it happened here in Connecticut late Labor Day morning.
Police say a state trooper, Woodbury police officer, and a suspected car thief are all injured after a pursuit beginning from Route 6 in Woodbury ended up in a car crash and shots fired around noon, NBC Connecticut reported.
State police and a Woodbury police officer were pursuing a stolen car out of Woodbury, which continued into Bethlehem before ending in Washington, NBC reported.
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The chase ended when the cars all collided with one another, and everyone sustained varying degree of injuries, NBC reported. None of the injuries are expected to be life-threatening.
Both the windows of the suspect’s car and the Woodbury police officer’s cruiser were shot out, police said.
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