ON THAT COMING UP IN LESS THAN 10. I'M CAITLIN FRANCIS WITH
YOUR CONNECTICUT CHEVY FROM
POINT TRAFFIC REPORT DRIVEN BY
YOUR CONNECTICUT CHEVY DEALERS.
THANKS CAITLIN, A MAJOR
DEVELOPMENT NOW IN A STORY THAT
HAS ROCKED OUR ENTIRE STATE. WE
HAVE NEW INFORMATION ABOUT A
HORRIBLE SHOOTOUT THAT KILLED
TWO BRISTOL POLICE OFFICERS ON
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AND INJURED A
THIRD OFFICER. OUR COVERAGE
BEGINS THIS MORNING WITH
RECENTLY RELEASED BODY CAMERA
FOOTAGE FROM THAT DEADLY ATTACK
. WE HAVE TO WARN YOU, IT'S
EXTREMELY DISTURBING AND GRAPHIC
, BUT EYEWITNESS NEWS HAS CHOSEN
TO SHOW THE VIDEO AS IT DOES
GIVE MORE CONTEXT TO THE
HARROWING SITUATION THAT THOSE
THREE OFFICERS FACE THAT NIGHT.
EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER
MARCY JONES JOINS US NOW LIVE IN
THESTUDIO TO BREAK IT ALL DOWN
FOR US. GOOD MORNING, MARCY.
GOOD MORNING, ROGER. WELL, THIS
IS ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE
EVERY INSTINCT IS REALLY NOT TO
WATCH THIS FOOTAGE. BUT IT IS
ALSO INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT NOT
ONLY TO HAVE THIS EVIDENCE FOR
INVESTIGATION, BUT ALSO TO HELP
BETTER UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT
THOSE THREE OFFICERS WALKED INTO
THAT FATEFUL NIGHT. INSPECTOR
GENERAL SAYS THAT THAT 911 CALL
TO BRISTOL POLICE IS BELIEVED TO
HAVE BEEN MADE BY NICHOLAS
BRUCKER, THE MAN WHO SHOT AND
KILLED SERGEANT DUSTIN DIAMANTE
AND OFFICER ALEX HAMZI. THIS IS
3 10 REDSTONE HILL WROTE THE
ADDRESS WHERE THE BRISTOL POLICE
OFFICERS WERE KILLED. THE
CONNECTICUT INSPECTOR GENERAL'S
REPORT SAYS THE OFFICERS WENT TO
THE SIDE DOOR ON THE LEFT SIDE
OF THE HOUSE NEAR THE GARAGE.
THAT'S WHERE THEY ENCOUNTERED
NATHAN BROKER THE BROTHER OF
NICHOLAS BREWSTER. THEY ORDER
NATHAN A STEP OUT OF THE HOUSE.
THE INSPECTOR SAYS NICHOLAS WAS
HIDING IN THE BUSHES IN
CAMOUFLAGE. THAT'S WHEN HE FIRED
MULTIPLE ROUNDS FROM AN AR 15 AT
THE OFFICERS. SERGEANT DUSTIN
DIAMANTE AND OFFICER ALEX HAMZI
LOST THEIR LIVES THAT NIGHT.
OFFICER ALEX ERATO WAS SHOT IN
THE LEG. HE MADE HIS WAY AROUND
THE HOUSE. THAT'S WHERE WE PICK
UP THE BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE,
SHOTS FIRED MORE CARS AND
EVERYONE AT THIS POINT, THE
INJURED OFFICER I. ERATO MADE
HIS WAY AROUND TO THE FRONT OF
THE HOUSE. THAT'S WHERE HE
CALLED FOR BACKUP, MENTIONING HE
AND THE OTHER TWO OFFICERS HAD
BEEN SHOT OFFICER SHOT WHILE HE
IS TRYING TO MAKE HIS WAY TO A
POLICE CRUISER AND FRONT OF THE
HOUSE. YOU CAN SEE HE DUCKS
BEHIND A TREE. AND WHILE THIS IS
HAPPENING, YOU CAN HEAR A WOMAN
REPEATEDLY SCREAMING. ERATO IS
CLEARLY IN PAIN. WE EDITED THIS
BRIEF SECTION OF THE VIDEO WHERE
HE COLLECTS HIMSELF. WE PICK IT
UP AS HE HEADS TO THE CRUISER IN
THE VIDEO YOU'RE ABOUT TO WATCH
YOU'LL HEAR RAPID GUNFIRE.
CLEARLY NOT THEIR CHICKEN GOING.
NOW YOU'LL SEE I ERATO POINT HIS
GUN AND FIRE A SHOT THE ONE THAT
POLICE SAY HIT AND KILLED
NICHOLAS BREWSTER. TO HELP US
FINALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS
GOING ON. IN TE MOMENT WE TURN
TO CHANNEL THREE LAW ENFORCEMENT
ANALYST AND RETIRED LIEUTENANT
PAUL VANCE ESCAPING TO COVER YOU
CAN HEAR GUNFIRE, YOU CAN HEAR A
MASSIVE GUNFIRE. HE GOT THE
COVER, AND WHILE GOING, HE
CALLED FOR HELP. CALLED FOR HELP
FOR HIS HIS DOWN BROTHER.
OFFICERS CALL FOR HELP TO
INDICATE HE WAS WOUNDED AND
NEEDED HELP. HE GOT THAT MESSAGE
OUT, WHICH WAS EXTREMELY
IMPORTANT. HE TOOK COVER, WHICH
WAS IMPORTANT. ALSO. AND HE WAS
ABLE TO TAKE THE SUSPECT AND
PREVENT THE SUSPECT FROM ANY
FURTHER AGGRESSION WHATSOEVER.
THE GUNSHOTS WERE STILL GOING
OFF DURING THE VIDEO. THE
GUNSHOTS FIRED BY THE SUSPECT.
YET WITH ALL THIS GOING ON,
OFFICER I ERATO WAS ABLE TO STAY
CALM. HIS ADRENALINE HAD TO HAVE
BEEN PUMPING AND CERTAINLY HIS
TRAINING KICKED IN. HE IS YOUNG
OFFICER HE OBVIOUSLY LEARNED
FROM HIS TRAINING AND HE DID
EVERYTHING TEXTBOOK LIKE HE WAS
SUPPOSED TO IN THIS PRELIMINARY
REPORT, THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
SAYS OFFICER ERATO WAS JUSTIFIED
IN SHOOTING THE MAN WHO KILLED
HIS FELLOW OFFICERS. HE DID
EVERYTHING HE COULD TO GET HELP
FOR HIS FELLOW OFFICERS TO
PROTECT HIMSELF. TO STOP THE
AGGRESSION. HE DID IT ALL. AND
THIS VIDEO CLEARLY SHOWS. WHAT
HE WOULD THE PRESSURE HE WAS
UNDER AND WHAT HE WAS ABLE TO
DO. WE DID WANT TO POINT OUT
THAT WE EDITED SLIGHTLY THE
AUDIO OF SOME OF THAT GUNFIRE TO
MAKE IT LESS JARRING FOR THIS
EARLY IN THE MORNING. THE TWO
FALLEN OFFICERS WERE ALSO
WEARING BODY CAMERAS, BUT THE
STATE INSPECTOR GENERAL IS
WITHHOLDING THE RELEASE OF THAT
FOOTAGE, SAYING THAT IT WOULD BE
AN INVASION OF PRIVACY FOR THE
TWO OFFICERS WHO