Inspector General providing new details on incident that led to 3 officers shooting and killing a man in West Haven

WEST HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — The Connecticut Office of the Inspector General gave an update on a Sept. 19 shooting in which three officers shot and killed a New Haven man.

The inspector general’s office said that the man, 36-year-old Jebrell Conley, had an outstanding arrest warrant on robbery and firearm charges. The police department was told that Conley was at the Splash Car Wash on Boston Post Road in West Haven.

Once police arrived at the car wash, they allegedly tried to block Conley’s Hyundai Tucson with their patrol vehicles. As officers moved in in attempts to arrest him, the report said that Conley fired one round that shattered the front driver side window of his car.

Three officers: Connecticut State Police Sgt. Colin Richter, New Haven Police Sgt. Francisco Sanchez and New Haven Police Officer Michael Valente, shot at Conley, according to the report, striking him multiple times until he fell out of the car and onto the parking lot.

Body camera footage shows the moments that shots were fired from both Conley and police.

Conley was transported to Yale New Haven Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Officers said that they recovered a handgun with a high capacity magazine from the Hyundai Tucson that Conley was driving, which appeared to be jammed.

New Haven Police Chief Karl Jacobson said based on the body camera video and initial investigation, he believes his officers used appropriate force to protect themselves and the public.

“We’re lucky we’re not burying officers,” Jacobson said.

“I had to see my father get murdered in front of my eyes,” Jebrell Conley’s daughter said, outside of the New Haven police station on Monday night.

The Conley family is planning a burial and on Monday night his sister, children, along with dozens of family and friends took their questions directly to Jacobson.

“Show me the footage where you see he’s shooting the gun at the cops,” Jebrell Conley’s sister, who did not want to share her name publicly, said.

“That’s what my dad was doing, he was growing. He was still making mistakes but he was growing,” Conley’s daughter, who did not want to share her name publicly, said.

“Do you sleep at night after that because I know I won’t and I only watched about ten seconds of it,” Barbara Fair, Conley’s cousin, said.

This investigation is still ongoing. The Inspector General’s full report typically takes several, several months.

Jacobson said the two New Haven Officers that shot Conley have been placed on paid administrative leave.

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