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A female Connecticut police officer was ferociously attacked by a hammer-wielding man, police said.
The Middletown Police Department said that on Saturday, August 12 at 6:33 p.m., authorities received a complaint about noise and breaking glass on a residential street.
Detective Karli Travis, who runs the Middletown Police Cadet Program and serves in the patrol division, was the first officer who responded to the call. She approached the resident on foot and police said that she immediately noticed that the suspect, 52-year-old Winston Tate, was wielding a blunt object.
In body camera footage, Winston Tate is seen charging toward Detective Karli Travis wielding a hammer and yelling at the officer. Detective Travis repeatedly is heard asking the suspect to drop the hammer. (The Connecticut Office of Inspector General)
In a press conference on Tuesday, August 15, Chief Eric McCallister of the Middletown Police Department said that Travis calmly asked Tate to drop the object, a metal hammer, to the ground.
He refused, despite the officer repeatedly insisting that Tate does so.
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“Can you put that down, please,” Travis is heard calmly saying in body camera footage, released by the Connecticut Office of Inspector General.
“No!” Tate is heard barking back.
A close up of Winston Tate’s hammer that he used to pummel Detective Karli Travis. The officer used her handgun to repeatedly shoot Tate. (The Connecticut Office of Inspector General)
As Travis radioed for backup from her colleagues, Tate is seen in body camera footage charging towards her, wielding a hammer.
Body camera footage shows violence immediately ensue as Tate tackles the police officer and the pair begins thrashing around.
Chief McCallister said that the detective attempted to distance herself from her attacker and continued telling the suspect to put the hammer down. Travis eventually takes out her handgun and…
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