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A Connecticut state trooper's fatal shooting of the 19-year-old man who had just crashed a stolen car following a high-speed chase was "overkill" and showed an "extreme indifference to human life," a prosecutor told jurors Wednesday during closing arguments at the trooper's manslaughter trial.
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The question jurors will need to answer is whether North was justified in shooting Mubarak Soulemane, who had a history of mental illness.
Jury selection has begun for the trial of a Connecticut state trooper who fired seven gunshots into a stopped car in 2020 and killed a 19-year-old man. Trooper Brian North has pleaded not guilty to first-degree manslaughter with a firearm in the death of Mubarak Soulemane in West Haven. Jury selection started Wednesday in Milford. North told investigators he opened fire into the driver’s window because Soulemane threatened other officers outside the car with a knife. But the state inspector general's office concluded the shooting was not justified because officers were not in imminent da...
A Connecticut state trooper who killed a 19-year-old man while firing seven gunshots into a stopped car in 2020 is set to stand trial for manslaughter. Jury selection began Wednesday in the trial of T...