Officer Fired After Shooting Man In Mental Health Crisis – When Others Tried To De-Escalate

Kurdish women in traditional dress hold lit torches during Nowruz, the Persian New Year, on a hill overlooking the city of Akra in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan Region, Friday, March 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Hartford, Conn (from) – A white Connecticut police officer who fatally shot a Black man 30 seconds after arriving at the scene, where three fellow officers had spent a few minutes trying to de-escalate the situation, was fired Friday. Hartford Mayor Arunan Arulampalam said in a statement that he terminated Officer Joseph Magnano effective immediately … Read more