NORWALK, CT — Just over one-and-a-half hours of local and state police video and audio from the Norwalk carjacking/chase/West Haven fatal shooting that occurred on Jan. 15 has been released by Connecticut State Police. See the YouTube video below; the video was posted with a warning of graphic content.

The suspect in the incident, 19-year-old New Haven resident Mubarak Soulemane, was shot multiple times and killed by Trooper Brian North in West Haven. Soulemane had displayed a knife during the carjacking and again to troopers before he was shot, according to authorities. At various points in the video, troopers can be heard ordering Soulemane to drop the knife, and viewers can see and hear Trooper North — standing outside of the vehicle — fire his service weapon at Soulemane through the driver side window a half-dozen times.

"In accordance with state statute, the Connecticut State Police is releasing audio from police radio transmissions, phone calls between Troop G and Norwalk PD and a 911 call," said state police officials in a release. "Additionally, footage from three separate dash-cams and three separate body-worn cameras are being released. "This footage is just one part of the investigation, which is in its early stages and ongoing," they added. "Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the Central District Major

Crime Squad at 860-706-5656."

One of the troopers involved in the incident, Joshua Jackson, was accused of using a racial slur by the ACLU of Connecticut, state police said in a release. State police officials denied the accusation: The ACLU of Connecticut has falsely accused a Connecticut State Trooper (Jackson) of using a racial slur during the police pursuit, Wednesday in the moments before the fatal police shooting of Mubarak Soulemane.

Every fatal police shooting is incredibly sad and traumatic to all the families and the communities

involved. The days and weeks following these incidents are often very sensitive to every culture.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to anyone who has been hurt by this death.



At the same time, it's imperative that we are careful not to incite any further volatility. When we initially reviewed the video and comment in question (at 41:54 in the released video) we immediately recognized the word in question as "Mirror." As a result, following the accusation of a horrible racial slur, we had the audio and video immediately reviewed. We are 100% certain, the word "Mirror" was used and not a racial slur. Moreover, we reviewed the video closely. At 41:10 into the released video, the cruiser is seen getting sideswiped by the vehicle operated by Soulemane. You can see the mirror was impacted. 44 seconds later, the Trooper, while still operating on a crowed highway, makes reference to his mirror being offset.