Bodycam video released by Connecticut’s Inspector General shows police shooting an “emotionally disturbed person” after he stabbed one of the officers multiple times over the weekend.
Cops were sent to the suspect’s home around 1 a.m. Saturday, according to the Hartford Courant. That’s where Bridgeport police officers Marie Cetti, Jesse Jimenez, Maria Canhassi and Jahmaine Mercer confronted 45-year-old Huntley Jackson.
Bodycam footage, released Monday, shows the officers trying to convince Jackson to come out from behind the front door and step outside. When Cetti manages to open the door with the help of someone else inside, Jackson lunges at her while appearing to be shouting his intentions to “kill” his victim.
Police said Cetti was stabbed in her head, neck and shoulder.
In the footage, one officer can be seen jumping on Jackson to protect his colleague while a cop identified by the Courant as Jimenez squeezes off two shots.
Injured, Jackson falls to the ground as officers with their pistols drawn warn him to drop the knife and stay still.
Cetti was transported to St. Vincent’s Hospital and later released, according to officials.
Jackson was also treated at St. Vincent’s for gunshot wounds to his torso. He was listed in stable condition as of Tuesday.
He now faces charges including attempted murder. He was arraigned, where his bond was set at $750,000, according to the Courant.
