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HARTFORD, Conn. — A police officer who fatally shot a man during an attempted traffic stop last month had been told his conduct was unacceptable by several former supervisors, including some who raised concerns about his difficulty in handling stressful situations, records show.

Wethersfield Officer Layau Eulizier, 26, was involved in several episodes in which he lost his composure with the public and made tactical mistakes when he was with Manchester police from 2015 to 2018, according to personnel records obtained by The Associated Press.

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“It is my opinion that Off. Eulizier needs immediate attention,” Manchester Sgt. Jamie Taylor wrote in a report in 2016. “I worry that if he does not vastly improve his work performance under stress he is going to hurt himself or someone else.”

Eulizier, an Air Force veteran who joined Wethersfield police in August, shot and killed 18-year-old Anthony Jose Vega Cruz in Wethersfield on April 20 when Vega Cruz drove his car at the officer while trying to flee a traffic stop, police said. A passenger, Vega Cruz’s 18-year-old girlfriend, was not injured.