More information released on investigation into North Haven standoff and SWAT response – NBC Connecticut

Police say an investigation is underway after a man fired shots at SWAT officers in North Haven earlier this week. The Office of the Inspector General has released more information on the investigation.

Officers responded to a home on Cloudland Road in North Haven shortly after 8 p.m. Monday after neighbors reported hearing gunshots.

When police arrived, they saw a man coming out of his house and gesturing for officers to leave, the report said.

When officers knocked on the garage door, the man yelled, “Get a search warrant,” “Get off my property,” “I'll blow your (expletive) head off, get off my property,” the report from the Office of the Inspector General said.

Police said there was a shotgun shell outside the garage and called the South Central Region SWAT team, which arrived around 10 p.m. along with a crisis negotiator.

Officials said negotiations lasted all night and the man threatened to kill police officers with firearms and explosives, including grenades.

At about 5:30 a.m., the SWAT team deployed a chemical agent inside the home and the man fired four shots, then several more over the next three hours, according to the Chief Inspector's Office.

They said he fired a shotgun at five SWAT officers and their Bearcat vehicle, and three SWAT officers returned fire.

The man turned himself in on Tuesday around 9:30 a.m. and was taken into custody.

No one was injured in the incident.

The man was charged with five counts of attempted first-degree assault and five counts of attempted assault on a police officer.