Man, 74, held as shooter
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Brian Foley, a spokesman for the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, talks to reporters outside the Capitol on Wednesday. Three gunshots damaged two first-floor windows and a lamp under the archways, at left. MARK PAZNIOKAS CTMIRROR.ORG
HARTFORD State Police on Wednesday connected the shots fired at the state Capitol over the holiday weekend to the wild shooting spree in Southington that ended Sunday evening with the capture of a 74-year-old man on the Arrigoni Bridge in Middletown.
Physical, video and audio evidence collected by police allow them “to definitively say that the shootings here over the weekend are directly tied to the shootings in Southington. That person is in custody at this moment in relation to that,” said Brian Foley, a spokesman for the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection.
CT Capitol shooting suspect in custody
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Brian Foley, a spokesman for the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, talks to reporters outside the Capitol on Wednesday. Three gunshots damaged two first-floor windows and a lamp under the archways, at left.
State Police on Wednesday connected the shots fired at the state Capitol over the holiday weekend to the wild shooting spree in Southington that ended Sunday evening with the capture of a 74-year-old man on the Arrigoni Bridge in Middletown.
Physical, video and audio evidence collected by police allow them “to definitively say that the shootings here over the weekend are directly tied to the shootings in Southington. That person is in custody at this moment in relation to that,” said Brian Foley, a spokesman for the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection.
Ganim under pressure to hire permanent Bridgeport police chief, personnel head
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Armando A.J. Perez is sworn in as Bridgeport police chief by Mayor Joseph Ganim in a ceremony at City Hall in Bridgeport, Conn. on Tuesday, November 13, 2018. Perez had been acting chief for two-and-a-half years.Brian A. Pounds / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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Former Police Chief Armando Perez makes a statement in front of the Federal Courthouse in Bridgeport, Conn. Oct. 5, 2020. Perez pleading guilty Monday to conspiring to rig the examination process that led to his appointment as police chief and then lying to the FBI about it.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
Judge refuses to throw out Bridgeport police chief challenge lawsuit
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Former Bridgeport Police Department Assistant Police Chief James Nardozzi is suing the city.Christian Abraham / Hearst Connecticut Media
BRIDGEPORT A Superior Court judge Friday upheld the lawsuit of a former assistant police chief who claims he was defrauded of the police chief’s job by the city.
In a 14-page decision, Judge John Cordani refused to dismiss the lawsuit brought by former assistant police chief James Nardozzi against the city and former Police Chief Armando Perez and Personnel Director David Dunn.
No trial date in the case has yet been set.