Dramatic new video shows the moments after a gunman ambushed three police officers outside a home in Connecticut last week, killing two of them.
"Shots fired, shots fired! More cars! Send everyone!" the audio on the footage says."Officer shot! Officer shot!"Bristol Police Sgt. Dustin Demonte, Officer Alex Hamzy ambushed responding to fake domestic call, state police say
It was from the bodycam of the only officer who survived, 26-year-old Alec Iurato, who was shot in the leg. He is seen hobbling in pain as he makes his way around the house, and takes cover behind a police cruiser.were lured to the home by a fake 911 call that was made by the gunmanSgt. Demonte and Officer Hamzy will be laid to rest in a joint funeral at 11 a.m. Friday at Pratt and Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field in East Hartford.
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