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Officer having ‘anxiety attack’ took ambulance sent for man dying from police shooting, report says
A mild anxiety attack by Officer Perrotta delayed ambulance transport of gunshot victim Dyshan Best by about 10–14 minutes, according to a state inspector general report.
- On Tuesday, the inspector general found the shooting justified because video shows Best with a pistol pointed backward at Officer Yoon Heo.
- Responding to a 911 call, officers encountered a brawl involving about 30 people, and a witness directed police to two men in an SUV where Perrotta asked Best to step out before he fled.
- The second ambulance arrived about 6:12 p.m., and hospital records show Best was brought in at 6:22 p.m., creating roughly a 10‑minute delay.
- Relatives, including Tatiana Barrett, said the report's revelations angered and saddened family and friends, and they believe he could have survived, while the family’s lawyer disputed that Best had a gun and said he was holding a vape pen.
- The report raised questions about what took place after the March 31 shooting and did not say whether the ambulance delay contributed to Best’s death, White said Wednesday.
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Police team shot a black man and then stole his ambulance for an insane reason
A state investigation in Bridgeport, Connecticut, has revealed that after the police shot Dyshan Best, he had to wait an additional 10 minutes for an ambulance. All because a police officer, experiencing a “mild anxiety attack,” took the first emergency vehicle that arrived on the scene. The report from the state’s inspector general, Eliot Prescott, did conclude that the shooting itself was justified because Best had a gun and the officer pursu…
Connecticut Cop Having ‘Anxiety Attack’ Takes Ambulance Away From Black Gunshot Victim, Man Later Dies
Source: halbergman / Getty The events described in the CBS News report about the death of Dyshan Best read less like a tragic accident and more like a deeply disturbing example of misplaced priorities and moral failure. At the center of the story is a simple, haunting fact: a dying man waited for help while an ambulance meant for him was diverted elsewhere. Best, a 39-year-old Black man, was shot by police during a foot chase in Bridgeport on M…
Man shot by Bridgeport police and later died waited 10 extra minutes for ambulance: report
A state investigation into a deadly police shooting in Connecticut is raising questions after it revealed that an officer, having an anxiety attack, took the ambulance sent for the man who was shot.
Conn. officer having 'anxiety attack' took ambulance sent for man dying from police shooting, report says
The first ambulance called to take Dyshan Best, who is Black, arrived at the scene at 6:02 p.m., about 14 minutes after the shooting. However, that ambulance was used to take away a white police officer who had been involved in the foot chase, the report said.
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