CT authorities looking into alleged shooter's background after killing of officers

Police believe Nick Brutcher lured cops to a home with a fake 911 call, CBS2's Tony Aiello reports.

[StillLivinginthewoods]

Damn, .... they let credit card companies garnish your wages in Connecticut???
That's fucked.

No excuse to take it out on innocent cops though.

[carolremoaldo]

I think there's more to the story than what they're saying

[naturistfred]

So heartbreaking. He had to take the lives of two cops for what???? Wage garnishment? I'm confused.

[brettjeremiah]

If you stop at 1:17 he was only ordered to pay $35 per week, I don’t think that is an amount of money to do something like this over, there has to be more to the story.

[larreriffe]

No mention on the news of the cop antagonizing the guy earlier in the night, and assaulted him, pushing him to the ground. I know it does not justify his actions, but definitely gives some insight as to why he opened fire.

[Val_Halla]

Absolutely disturbing and tragic. Prayers for their families.
The only saving grace is that that evil POS got the death sentence immediately afterwards..without years of waiting, trials and costs to taxpayers.

[jmartinez]

The cop that is injured is a hero!! He holds complete composure calls for backup and goes right back to help his partners. That’s the definition of a Man right there!!

[Sardonic-Angel]

Stop looking at backgrounds and start looking for red flags

[passnclex]

Never on earth I taught this would have taken place in our little gem town of Bristol. After migrating from Jamaica I lived in Bristol for over 12 years. Neighbor are friendly and always looking out for each other's then this ignorant man has to spoiled it by killing our officers.

[mainone]

Let's ask ourselves why they're emphasizing this shooting and don't emphasize any of the other shootings of police done by other communities in the inner city?

[JoJo-fjyi]

And people still wonder why police are so quick to shoot?
People like this can sneak up on them in seconds, they don’t know if you’re going to pull a gun and kill them in a second or are just an average joe. That’s why it’s so important to just obey police officers commands or orders right away no matter who you are.

[RobinMarconeCassidyRN]

Condolences during this difficult time to the families, and their brothers in blue of Sgt. Dustin Demonte and Officer Alex Hamzy May they rest in eternal peace. 🙏

[brendac]

Sending prayers to the families of the officers for this tragic loss 😢

[terrikay]

Don't these guys ever think they might have a problem?

[talon]

If only law enforcement was honest and transparent we could assume their innocence this just makes me wonder what corrupt nonsense they were doing

[TrenchbabyMel]

Wow thats crazy i never heard bout this

[evana]

It’s so sad 😭 May those heroes rest in heaven forever

[KrazyJohnny]

I want the footage of them at the bar that night when they had their first interaction

[Misshughestrm]

What a liar he didn't "run outside" towards the gunfire!!! Sorry but there's no way !

[yenyilva]

Yea let's go off of Facebook profile pics... Bleachers being shut down is ridiculous. Yea I know Nick very well. What set it off? Finding out his ex-wife had his best friends son and another regular literally would not stop holding his around the neck them shoving his face nose to nose while still the arm. He asked for him to stop twice. First fight. Second was a friend of said bar guy doing the same thing. Same reason, both fights. There was a domestic between Nick and Nate that night. Nate had absolutely nothing to do with it