Police killings
2013-2020

Val Thomas

Male, Unknown Race

Date of the incident: 1/29/2017

Oakdale, New London, CT
1596 Hartford-New London Turnpike

Montville Police Department responded to the Chesterfield Lodge for a report of an unwanted person on the property. When officers arrived they asked the man to leave, but the man, Val Thomas, fought. Thomas grabbed a stun gun from one of the officers during the struggle and began beating an officer on the head with it. That officer drew a firearm and shot and killed Thomas, according to police.