2026年3月12日 / 美国东部时间上午7:07 / CBS/美联社
一项新发布的州调查显示，一名被警方枪击后死亡的男子，在一名处于”轻度焦虑发作”状态的警察占用了第一辆到达现场的救护车后，额外等待了10分钟才获得另一辆救护车，导致延误。
39岁的戴肖恩·贝斯特（Dyshan Best）去年在康涅狄格州布里奇波特市逃离警察时背部中枪。该州监察长周二发布的报告认定，此次枪击是合理的，因为贝斯特当时手持枪支，追捕他的警察有理由担心自身安全。
但报告对3月31日枪击事件后发生的情况提出了质疑，当时身为黑人的贝斯特因严重内出血而流血不止。
第一辆被叫来运送贝斯特去医院的救护车于下午6:02到达现场，距离枪击发生约14分钟。然而，根据报告，在其他警察的催促下，这辆救护车被用来运送参与追捕的白人警察艾琳·佩罗塔（Erin Perrotta）。
（此图片由布里奇波特警察局发布的视频截图，显示戴肖恩·贝斯特于2025年3月31日在康涅狄格州布里奇波特市持枪逃离一名布里奇波特警察。）布里奇波特警察局/美联社
美国医疗响应公司（AMR）关于佩罗塔的报告称，呼叫性质为”刺伤/枪击/穿透性创伤”，根据州报告。
根据AMR报告，”现场警察告诉医护人员’赶紧带走他们的同伴’。医护人员被迅速带离现场，没有向他们提供任何信息。患者希望被送往最近的医疗机构接受进一步评估。患者跳上救护车并被安全带固定。”
医护人员报告称，佩罗塔在救护车上拒绝接受治疗。
“我没事，我只是想离开这里，”她在报告中说。另一名警察在报告中描述佩罗塔当时”明显歇斯底里（哭泣且呼吸急促），制服上全是血”。
第二辆救护车于下午6:12左右到达现场。医院记录显示，贝斯特于下午6:22被送往医院接受治疗——比佩罗塔到达医院的时间晚约14分钟，报告称。
贝斯特在接受治疗时于晚上7:41死亡，其肝脏和右肾因枪伤受损。
监察长埃利奥特·普雷斯科特（Eliot Prescott）的报告没有说明等待另一辆救护车的延误是否导致了贝斯特的死亡。
贝斯特的一位侄女塔蒂亚娜·巴雷特（Tatiana Barrett）告诉美联社，报告中的披露令家人和朋友感到愤怒和悲伤。他们认为，如果贝斯特被第一辆救护车送往医院，他本可以存活下来。
“老实说，听到所有这些细节让人心碎，”她说。”我们一直在寻求正义。在我们的社区里，我们不知道正义是什么样子。我们希望为我的叔叔讨回公道。我们坚信他是被谋杀的。”
布里奇波特警方发言人肖娜·怀特（Shawnna White）周三被问及佩罗塔占用第一辆救护车时拒绝置评。她在电子邮件中表示，警察局内务部将进行自己的调查。
据哥伦比亚广播公司附属机构WFSB-TV报道，佩罗塔目前因另一无关事件被停职，处于行政休假状态。
周三，记者向佩罗塔、乔·加尼姆市长办公室、普雷斯科特办公室、市警察工会以及贝斯特家族律师达内尔·克罗斯兰（Darnell Crosland）发送了电话和电子邮件，但未获得回应。
一系列事件始于有人拨打911报警称发生斗殴，涉及约30人，其中一些人持有枪支。报告称，一名目击者向警察指出了一辆SUV中的两名男子，并说他们有枪。
佩罗塔走近车辆的乘客侧并打开车门。警方随身摄像头视频显示，贝斯特坐在乘客座位上，手持一瓶酒、一个电子烟和一部手机。佩罗塔要求贝斯特下车以便进行搜身，视频显示。贝斯特下车后逃跑，警察随后追赶。
报告称，在追捕过程中，贝斯特拔出一把9毫米手枪。当他跑到一个堆满废弃汽车的停车场时，追捕他的警察尹赫（Yoon Heo）开枪两次，击中贝斯特一次。
监察长根据视频证据得出结论，认为枪击是合理的，因为贝斯特在逃跑时将枪向后指向尹赫。
“根据我办公室的调查，我得出结论，尹赫警官有合理理由相信他正面临来自戴肖恩·贝斯特的严重受伤或死亡的直接危险，因此有必要使用致命武力保护自己，”普雷斯科特在报告中说。
视频显示，贝斯特受伤倒地后说：”我中枪了。”尹赫回应道：”你向我开枪了。”但贝斯特说”不，我没有。”尹赫接着说”是的，你开了。”普雷斯科特称，现场在贝斯特附近发现了一把手枪。
枪击事件后，贝斯特的家人律师克罗斯兰质疑贝斯特持有枪支的说法，声称他实际上手持的是电子烟。普雷斯科特表示，警方随身摄像头视频清楚显示贝斯特手中握着一把手枪。
贝斯特的侄女巴雷特说，他是一名卡车司机，返回家乡布里奇波特参加一位朋友的葬礼。
Connecticut officer having “mild anxiety attack” took ambulance sent for man dying from police shooting, investigation finds
March 12, 2026 / 7:07 AM EDT / CBS/AP
A man who was shot by police and later died had to wait 10 extra minutes for an ambulance after an officer having a “mild anxiety attack” took the first one that arrived at the scene, according to a newly released state investigation.
Dyshan Best, 39, was shot in the back last year as he fled from officers in Bridgeport, Connecticut. A report released Tuesday by the state’s inspector general found that the shooting was justified because Best had a gun in his hand and the officer pursuing him had reasons to fear for his own safety.
But the report raised questions about what took place after the March 31 shooting, which left Best, who was Black, bleeding with severe internal injuries.
The first ambulance called to take Best to the hospital arrived at the scene at 6:02 p.m., about 14 minutes after the shooting. However, at the urging of other officers, that ambulance was used to take away a white police officer, Erin Perrotta, who had been involved in the foot chase, the report said.
In this photo taken from video released by the Bridgeport Police Department, Dyshan Best runs from a Bridgeport Police officer while holding a gun, March 31, 2025, in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Bridgeport Police Department via AP
The American Medical Response (AMR) report regarding Perrotta noted the nature of the call to be “Stab/Gunshot/Penetrating Trauma,” according to the state report.
According to the AMR report, “PD on scene told crew to ‘hurry up and take their partner.’ PD rushed crew off scene, no info was given to crew. Pt wants to be transported to closest facility for further eval. Pt jumped into the ambulance and was secured with straps.”
Paramedics reported that Perrotta declined treatment in the ambulance.
“I am fine, I just needed to get out of here,” she said, according to the report. Another officer described Perrotta at the time as “visibly hysterical (crying and breathing rapidly) and had blood all over her uniform,” the report said.
The second ambulance arrived at the scene at about 6:12 p.m. Hospital records said Best was brought in for treatment at 6:22 p.m. — about 14 minutes after Perrotta got to the hospital, according to the report.
Best died at 7:41 p.m. as he was undergoing treatment for the gunshot wound, which damaged his liver and right kidney.
The report by Inspector General Eliot Prescott did not say whether the delay in waiting for another ambulance contributed to Best’s death.
One of Best’s nieces, Tatiana Barrett, told The Associated Press that revelations from the report have angered and saddened family and friends. They believe he could have survived if he was taken to the hospital in the first ambulance.
“Honestly it’s heartbreaking hearing all these details,” she said. “We were looking for justice. In our community, we don’t know what justice looks like. We want justice for my uncle. We truly believe he was murdered.”
A spokesperson for Bridgeport police, Shawnna White, declined to comment Wednesday when asked about Perrotta taking the first ambulance. She said in an email that the police department’s Internal Affairs Division would conduct its own investigation.
Perrotta currently is out on administrative leave due to an unrelated matter, CBS affiliate WFSB-TV reported.
Phone and email messages were left Wednesday for Perrotta, Mayor Joe Ganim’s office, Prescott’s office, the city police union and Darnell Crosland, a lawyer for Best’s family.
The series of events began when someone called 911 to report a brawl involving about 30 people, including some who had guns. A witness pointed officers to two men in an SUV and said they had a gun, the report says.
Perrotta approached the passenger’s side of the vehicle and opened the door. Best is seen on police body camera video in the passenger’s seat, holding a bottle of alcohol, a vape pen and a cellphone. Perrotta asks Best to step out of the SUV so she could pat him down, the video shows. Best gets out of the vehicle, then runs away with police chasing after him.
During the chase, Best pulled out a 9 mm handgun, the report said. As he ran into a lot filled with disabled cars, the officer chasing him, Yoon Heo, fired his gun twice, striking Best once.
The inspector general concluded, based on the video evidence, that the shooting was justified because Best pointed his gun backward at Heo as he ran.
“Based on my office’s investigation, I conclude that Officer Heo had a reasonable belief that he was in immediate danger of serious injury or death from Dyshan Best and that it was necessary to use deadly physical force to protect himself,” Prescott said in the report.
While wounded on the ground, Best said, “I got shot,” the videos show. Heo responds, “You pulled a gun on me,” but Best says “No I didn’t.” Heo then says “Yeah you did.” Prescott said a handgun was found near Best at the scene.
After the shooting, the family’s lawyer, Crosland disputed that Best had a gun and claimed he was instead holding a vape pen. Prescott said police body camera video clearly show Best with a pistol in his hand.
Best’s niece, Barrett, said he was a truck driver who had returned to his hometown of Bridgeport to attend a friend’s funeral.