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Lieutenant

Dustin DeMonte

Bristol Police Department — Bristol, CT

Felonious

End of Watch October 12, 2022

Age 35

Tour of Duty 10 yrs

The Vigil Panel 180 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 4

Incident

Lieutenant Dustin DeMonte and Sergeant Alex Hamzy were shot and killed in an ambush in front of a home on Redstone Hill Road, near Birch Street, at about 11:00 p.m.

Officers had responded to a business earlier in the evening in response to complaints about a disorderly patron. Officers who responded to the call issued the man an infraction and released him. The man then went home, armed himself with an AR-15 rifle, and made a fake 911 call reporting a disturbance at his home. As officers arrived at the scene, the man opened fire on them from the front yard.

Lieutenant DeMonte and Sergeant Hamzy were both fatally wounded, while a third officer suffered non-life-threatening wounds.

The subject was shot and killed by the third officer.

Lieutenant DeMonte had served with the Bristol Police Department for 10 years. He is survived by his expectant wife and two children. His daughter was born five months after his death.

Survivors

He is survived by his expectant wife and two children.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Lieutenant DeMonte gave the Bristol Police Department 10 years.
Thank you for your service to the Bristol community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Lieutenant DeMonte.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Bristol Police Department

Location Bristol, CT

Platform Identity bpd.naugatuck.ct.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 12, 2022

Tour of Duty 10 yrs

Age 35

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Cause Detail Gunfire

Weapon Rifle; AR-15

Offender Shot and killed

Lieutenant Dustin DeMonte is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In CT, 74 of 169 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 43.8% of this state's fallen. That is 10.4 percentage points below the national rate of 54.2%.

At Bristol Police Department, 4 of 5 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 80% of this agency's fallen.

Bristol Police Department

of 5 officers

80% Felonious

CT — Statewide

of 169 officers

43.8% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious