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The Connecticut Office of Inspector General has cleared a Waterbury police detective who returned fire at a suspect who had shot him during an investigation into multiple attempted carjackings.

Inspector General Eliot Prescott released a 37-page report on Wednesday outlining the investigation into the shooting, which found that Detective Raymond Sackett of the Waterbury Police Department acted in self-defense when he fired multiple rounds at Arian Perez-Feliciano on Feb. 13 shortly after 10 p.m. Perez-Feliciano, who was 38 years old at the time, was not shot, the report said.

A Waterbury police spokesperson said Wednesday the department had not yet received the report. “We therefore do not have any comments at this time,” the spokespers

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