MILFORD, Conn. (AP) - State prosecutors have cleared a state trooper in the fatal shooting of a robbery suspect at a Milford gas station in October.
Trooper James Scott shot 28-year-old Matthew Lofaro during what police say was an attempted robbery on Oct. 23.
The results of a probe by State’s Attorney Kevin Lawlor were released on Tuesday.
The report says Scott was confronted with an armed, masked assailant in a confined space and that the officer was forced to make a “split-second decision” to use deadly force to defend himself and a cashier at the gas station.
It says Lofaro was intoxicated and carried a sword.
The report says Lofaro, of Milford, was ordered to drop his weapon, but refused.
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