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Name Withheld

Age :

Gender : Male

Race : Unknown

Date : 08/21/2026

Location : Webster Court

City : Newington

County : Hartford

State : Connecticut

Agency : Hartford Police Department; Rocky Hill Police Department

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Shot and killed by police after vehicle pursuit

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

REASON FOR CHASE:
Hartford police were investigating what they described as suspicious or illegal activity not otherwise specified on Fales Street in Hartford when they attempted to arrest a man. He fled on foot and, during a struggle with a pursuing Hartford officer, police alleged they believed he had a firearm in his waistband. He subsequently entered a vehicle and fled, and police pursued him from Hartford into Newington.
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NARRATIVE:
On 08/21/2026 at approximately 11:07 p.m., an unidentified man was shot and killed by police after a pursuit that began in Hartford and ended on Webster Court in Newington, Connecticut.
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Hartford police said officers were investigating what the department described as illegal activity on Fales Street when they attempted to arrest the man. He ran from officers. During the foot pursuit, an officer caught up with him and a struggle occurred. Police alleged that the officer believed the man had a firearm in his waistband.
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The man escaped from the officer, entered a vehicle and drove away. Police pursued the vehicle out of Hartford. The pursuit eventually reached Webster Court in Newington, close to the Rocky Hill town line.
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Police alleged that after the vehicle stopped, the man got out and exchanged gunfire with officers. The man was shot and pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities reported recovering a firearm. Available reporting has not yet established how many officers fired, which officers fired the fatal shots, or the number of rounds discharged.
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Two police officers were wounded during the gunfire: Hartford Police Officer Alex Diaz and Rocky Hill Police Officer Jon Escobar. Both were hospitalized and subsequently released. Escobar reportedly suffered gunshot wounds to his arm and face and is expected to require additional surgeries.
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The Connecticut Office of Inspector General has taken over the investigation into the fatal police shooting. The Inspector General is expected to issue a preliminary report, which in Connecticut police shootings commonly provides considerably more detail about the sequence of gunfire and identifies the officers who fired.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.foxnews.com/us/connecticut-police-officers-shot-suspect-killed-attempted-arrest-sparks-hectic-chase
https://www.ctinsider.com/news/article/newington-police-shooting-hartford-rocky-hill-22399179.php
https://www.ctinsider.com/news/article/john-escobar-rocky-hill-officer-fundraiser-22399517.php