Police killings
2013-2020

Jose "Jay" Soto

Male, Hispanic

Date of the incident: 4/3/2020

Manchester, Hartford, CT
181 Oak Street

About 7:30 p.m. when two members of the Department of Correction parole fugitive unit went to the home at 181 Oak St. to seek Jose Soto, who was wanted on a parole warrant. Soto's mother told officers that he was in the house. Police surrounded the house, and Soto eventually agreed to come out, at which point, four officers shot and killed him. It was not reported whether Soto was armed. Officer Shawn Krom, Manchester Police Department; Officer David Williams, Manchester Police Department; Officer Shane Murphy, Wethersfield Police Department, and; Officer Matthew Alexander, Enfield Police Department.