NORTH HAVEN, Conn. — A man is facing charges after a standoff and exchange of gunfire with police in North Haven Monday, according to the town's police department Thursday. The Office of the Inspector General is now investigating and released Friday police body camera footage of the ordeal.
Robert Mazurek, 50, of North Haven, is facing charges of five counts of criminal attempt to commit murder in the first degree, five counts of criminal attempt to commit assault on police/public safety, illegal discharge of a firearm, threatening in the first degree with a firearm, reckless endangerment in the first degree and breach of peace in the second degree.
The IG's office released three recordings of the police response:
According to police, officers went to a home on Cloudland Road at 8 p.m. Monday after receiving a report about shots fired and found spent casings in the driveway.
As officers made an attempt to speak with a man inside the garage, later identified as Mazurek, police said he was uncooperative and barricaded himself inside the home, prompting the decision to call in the South Central Regional SWAT team.
According to police, a standoff lasted overnight and into the morning. During that time, police said Mazurek fired multiple rounds outside his home and at SWAT officers. Three SWAT officers - North Branford Police Officer Thomas Pacelli, East Haven Police Officer Raymond Wilson, and Branford Police Officer Rocco Morgan - fired in return, according to the Inspector General.
Police said Mazurek surrendered at 9:45 a.m. Tuesday and was arrested with no injuries reported. He was held on a $5 million bond and was arraigned in court Wednesday.
Residents in the areas of Cloudland Road, Carolyn Court and Sugar Hill Road in North Haven were asked to shelter in place Monday night during the incident until it was resolved Tuesday morning.
The New Haven State's Attorney's Office, Office of the Inspector General and State Police Central District assisted at the scene.
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