A 51-year-old woman entered the Bristol Police Department (CT) lobby and fired multiple shots Thursday night. No officers were injured and the woman now faces multiple charges.Bristol Police Department/Canva/POLICE Illustration
Thursday around 10:35 p.m., a woman entered the public area of the Bristol Police Department (CT) lobby and fired multiple rounds into an office window inside the lobby. Police say the office area was unoccupied at the time, and none of the rounds penetrated the bullet-resistant glass.
Officers inside the building responded to the shots and tried to negotiate with 51-year-old Suzanna Laprise, reports NEWS8. However, she fired on the officers, one of which returned fire.
But, that officer’s rounds were also stopped by the bullet-resistant glass between the public lobby and the office.
Laprise put the gun down and officers used an electronic control device to take her into custody.
She faces nine charges, which are:
- Criminal attempt/murder with special circumstances
- Illegal discharge of a firearm
- Illegal carry of firearms under the influence of drugs/alcohol
- Criminal use of a weapon
- Violation of pistol permit requirements
- Illegal possession of a large-capacity magazine
- Criminal mischief
- Reckless endangerment
- Breach of peace
2022 Attack on Bristol Officers
It has been almost a year since the Bristol Police Department lost two officers to gunfire during an ambush attack while they thought they were responding to a domestic violence call on Oct. 12, 2022.
Sgt. Dustin Demonte, 36, died at the scene. Officer Alex Hamzy, 34, was transported but was pronounced dead at the hospital. Officer Alec Iurato was seriously wounded, and the suspect was killed.
