Seymour cop used 'appropriate' deadly force in 2010 shooting, Connecticut investigation concludes

By Register Staff

SEYMOUR -- A town police sergeant acted appropriately when he fatally shot a man at a gas station in May 2010, a state investigation concludes.
On May 23, police responded to a Mobil gas station at Route 67 and Mountain Road on the Oxford line on a report of a man who was despondent and possibly armed. They found Agim Beqiraj, 53, inside a sports utility vehicle parked at the rear of the Mobil property, pointing a gun at himself. State police said Beqiraj shot himself, then aimed the firearm at the officers.


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