Event Brief
Bodycam shows officer ordering bat-wielding suspect to stop
Filed: Jul 23, 2026 at 11:05 AM ET
Summary: New bodycam footage shows a Meriden officer repeatedly ordering Robert Lee Jenkins III to drop a baseball bat before firing.
WHO: Meriden police officer Anthony Offiaeli and Robert Lee Jenkins III
WHAT: Body camera footage shows an officer repeatedly ordering a bat-wielding suspect to drop the bat before opening fire during an attack on a man.
WHEN: Jul 23, 2026 at 10:13 AM ET
WHERE: Sagamore Road, Meriden, Connecticut
WHY: The officer arrived to find Jenkins bludgeoning a man lying motionless on the front lawn with a baseball bat and repeatedly ordered him to drop the bat before firing.
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