Suspect fatally shot by West Hartford police when attempting to flee in stolen car with officer inside.
The office of the Inspector General is investigating whether West Hartford Police Officer Andrew Teeter’s actions that resulted in the death of Mike Alexander-Garcia, 34, were justified.
Police were called Tuesday to find a stolen vehicle that was last seen at the West Farms Mall. Police found the vehicle on New Britain Ave. and they tried to stop the car with stop sticks.
The stolen vehicle ended up hitting two cars while at the intersection of New Britain Ave. and South St., which disabled the suspect vehicle, investigators said.
Two people, Lyle Solsbury and Alexander-Garcia, exited the vehicle, and Solsbury was then apprehended.
Alexander-Garcia then ran along New Britain Ave., attempting to carjack two vehicles before getting to Town Fair Tire.
He went into one of the garage service bays and went into a Toyota RAV4.
That’s when Teeter and his K9 went into the garage bay and got in the passenger side of the RAV4, as seen in one of the videos released.
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