Robert Fumiatti
Police Officer

Robert Fumiatti

New Haven Police Department — New Haven, CT
Felonious
End of Watch January 10, 2007
Age 35
Tour of Duty 6 yrs 1 mo
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Gender Male

Incident

Police Officer Robert Fumiatti succumbed to a gunshot wound sustained five years earlier at the intersection of Washington Avenue and West Street in New Haven.

He was attempting to conduct a subject stop of a convicted felon during a drug investigation when he was shot in the face around 9:15 p.m. He was resuscitated at the scene but continued to suffer health issues until passing away from complications on January 10th, 2007.

A bridge that connects West Haven and New Haven at Kimberly Avenue was renamed the Officer Robert Vincent Fumiatti Memorial Bridge.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Fumiatti gave the New Haven Police Department 6 years.
Thank you for your service to the New Haven community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Fumiatti.

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

Agency

Type Other
Location New Haven, South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT
Platform Identity newhpd.southcentral.ct.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 10, 2007
Tour of Duty 6 yrs 1 mo
Age 35
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Gunfire
Weapon Gun; Unknown type

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Robert is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2007, 84 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 77th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
II

Who

Robert was 35. Of the 14,220 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Robert had served 6.1 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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Age by years of service
III

When

January holds 8% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Wednesdays: 12.9%.

By month
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IV

How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was gun; unknown type, in 9.5% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

New Haven Police Department has 23 officers remembered here, Robert among them.

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Where

Police Officer Robert Fumiatti

New Haven Police Department · End of Watch January 10, 2007

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 59-E

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