Community members have been doing all they can to keep the conversation focused on the recent police-involved shooting in New Haven.
On Wednesday night, the Hamden Police Commission is meeting at the Government Center. The commission is authorized to oversee the department and hear any complaints that people have against the department or specific officers.
Members of the community plan on attending the meeting and hope to pressure the commission to take action after the April 16 shooting where a Hamden police officer and a Yale police officer opened fire on a car with two people inside.
Police found the car and said it matched the description of a car believed to have been involved in an attempted armed robbery earlier that night.
The passenger was shot. The driver was not.
For the first time, we're also hearing from the Hamden police officer's attorney. He said his client, Officer Devin Eaton, did not know a Yale officer had already arrived on scene and was shooting at the driver. He said he thought the driver had a gun and was the one shooting.
A Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday found most Hamden residents do not think the police-involved shooting in New Haven was justified. Full poll results can be found here.
