Bridgeport police release bodycam shows officer shooting, killing armed man

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Bridgeport, CT - On Friday morning, the office released the preliminary status report on the investigation into the use of deadly force that resulted in the death of 39-year-old Dyshan Best.

Police officers responded to reports of a large fight on East Main Street around 5:50 p.m. on Monday as people had gathered in connection with a funeral, according to the Office of the Inspector General.

The officers also had information that someone in a black Chevrolet Tahoe in the area had a gun, and they found the vehicle in a store parking lot on East Main Street, according to the report.

It says Officer Erin Perrotta opened the passenger door and told Best that he was going to be patted down, but he got out of the Tahoe and ran while holding a Rémy Martin liquor bottle in one hand. Officers Perrotta and Yoon Heo then chased Best.

When they got to the gas station near the intersection of Beecher Street and Kossuth Street, Officer Heo deployed a stun gun and Best continued to run, losing his shoes as he ran through the gas station, then the chase continued down Kossuth Street and into a driveway, the report says.

Best had gotten rid of the liquor bottle at that point and had an object in his right hand that looked like a gun as he ran up the driveway and Officer Heo fired his handgun two times, striking Best, the report says.

It goes on to say that police recovered a Highpoint Compact 9mm handgun next to the spot where Best fell.

Officers provided medical aid at the scene until the Bridgeport Fire Department arrived and Best was transported to Bridgeport Hospital, where he died at 7:41 p.m.

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner performed an autopsy the next day and determined that Best died from a gunshot wound to the torso and classified the manner of death as a homicide, the report says.

The Office of the Inspector General has released video from police body-worn cameras, as well as surveillance video from the area.