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Winston Tate, 52, who brutally attacked Connecticut cop Karli Travis, 52, with a hammer on August 12 'should never have been out of jail' according to police union president Nick Puorro.
The national death toll of police officers killed in the line of duty this year reached 41 as of Aug. 9, on pace to eclipse last year's total, the FBI reported.
The detective attempted to distance herself from her attacker and continued telling the suspect to put the hammer down. She eventually takes out her duty gun and begins rapidly firing at the suspect.
A Connecticut man was shot repeatedly after he charged towards a police detective with a hammer and continually beat her in violent body camera footage.
As Detective Karli Travis radioed for backup from her colleagues, Winston Tate is seen in body camera footage charging towards her, wielding a hammer.