Video shows deadly end to Connecticut police chase as officer shoots man in vehicle

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. — Physique-camera video launched Friday reveals the bloody finish of a frenzied police chase in Connecticut, the place a person attempting to flee in a stolen automotive was attacked by a police canine, then killed by an officer contained in the transferring automobile as he screamed for assist.

Tuesday’s deadly taking pictures of Mike Alexander-Garcia, 34, is beneath investigation by Connecticut’s Workplace of Inspector Common, which launched surveillance, dashboard and body-camera video from the scene.

The chaotic sequence of occasions that led to the taking pictures began when West Hartford police acquired phrase {that a} stolen Hyundai Elantra had been noticed close to a mall, officers stated.

Officers tried to cease the Elantra nevertheless it saved going and hit two automobiles, in line with the inspector common’s preliminary report. The Hyundai turned disabled. Two males bought out and ran.

One of many males was apprehended, however the second, Alexander-Garcia, fled on foot and tried unsuccessfully to carjack two automobiles, authorities stated.

Alexander-Garcia ran to an auto store and bought right into a sport utility automobile parked in a service bay.

Officer Andrew Teeter arrived moments later. Physique-camera footage reveals Teeter’s canine, a shepherd sort, leaping into the SUV by way of the passenger-side window. Teeter opens the automobile’s door and follows.

The video reveals the canine biting Alexander-Garcia as he sits behind the steering wheel yelling “Assist me!” and “Officer, please!”

Footage from different cameras reveals the SUV again out of the storage, then flip, look off a parked police cruiser and a tree, and begin driving.

Teeter yells “Do not do it!” and “I’ll shoot you!” Then he fires a number of pictures into Alexander-Garcia’s again, roughly 15 seconds after the SUV started to maneuver.

The SUV crashed right into a utility pole throughout the road, the inspector common’s report stated.

A public defender who represented Alexander-Garcia up to now declined to remark Friday. Two different legal professionals for him in previous instances didn’t return messages. He had a felony historical past that included a number of larceny convictions.

Teeter suffered a damaged rib and cuts on his head, the inspector common stated. The canine was not injured.

West Hartford Mayor Shari Cantor stated in an announcement that she was assured the police division would work with state authorities to make sure a “complete and thorough investigation.”

Police Chief Vernon Riddick stated his division “believes strongly in transparency, and in all info being gathered and impartially evaluated.”

Riddick stated the division would cooperate with investigators.