On June 13, 2002, New Haven Police Officer Robert V. Fumiatti, aged 31 at the time, was engaged in an undercover narcotics operation with approximately ten other officers. After completing a drug raid elsewhere in the city, the team proceeded in an unmarked van to the intersection of Washington Avenue and West Street. There, they observed what appeared to be a hand-to-hand drug transaction and decided to intervene. Officer Fumiatti was the first to exit the vehicle but was immediately shot in th
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