Connecticut officer kills son and father on lawn

A Connecticut police officer fatally shot a man who was attacking his father with a baseball bat on the front lawn of their Meriden home on July 19, according to authorities. The violent encounter, captured on newly released body camera footage, resulted in the deaths of both the 38-year-old attacker, Robert Lee Jenkins III, and his 69-year-old father, Robert Jenkins Jr.

Meriden Officer Anthony Offiaeli responded to a domestic violence call on Sagamore Road shortly after 10 a.m. that Sunday. Upon arrival, he found Jenkins III repeatedly striking a motionless man on the ground with a bat. In the footage, Offiaeli can be heard shouting multiple orders to drop the weapon. According to a preliminary report from the Connecticut Office of Inspector General, the officer gave four commands, but Jenkins continued the assault.

Offiaeli then discharged his firearm. The inspector general's report states the officer fired numerous rounds, with one account specifying at least 18 shots. Jenkins was struck several times, dropped the bat, and collapsed. He was transported to Hartford Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at approximately 11:30 p.m. from multiple gunshot wounds to the torso. His...