Russell Bagshaw

In the pre-dawn hours of June 5, 1991, a routine patrol turned fatal for 28-year-old Caucasian male, Connecticut State Trooper Russell Bagshaw. While making his rounds in Windham, he drove his cruiser up to a local sporting goods store around 3:00 a.m. Unbeknownst to him, a burglary was in progress. Two brothers were actively stealing firearms from the establishment, passing them out a window to a waiting vehicle. As Trooper Bagshaw's patrol car approached the business, he was ambushed before he ...

Trooper Russell A. Bagshaw - Officer Down Memorial Page (ODMP)

CT Law Enforcement Officers Killed in the Line of Duty