{"id":2024662,"date":"2023-09-07T13:39:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T17:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-officer-killed-another-injured-in-hartford-after-their-cruiser-is-struck-by-a-speeding-car\/"},"modified":"2023-09-07T13:40:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T17:40:14","slug":"police-officer-killed-another-injured-in-hartford-after-their-cruiser-is-struck-by-a-speeding-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-officer-killed-another-injured-in-hartford-after-their-cruiser-is-struck-by-a-speeding-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Police officer killed, another injured in Hartford car crash with speeding vehicle."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpolice-officer-killed-another-injured-in-hartford-after-their-cruiser-is-struck-by-a-speeding-car%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2024662&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Tragic Incident Claims the Life of a\u200c Heroic Police Officer<\/h2>\n<p>In a heartbreaking turn\u200d of events, a \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ocasio-cortez-takes-aim-at-entire-gop-after-accusing-cruz-of-trying-to-get-me-killed\/\" title=\"Ocasio-Cortez Takes Aim At Entire GOP After Accusing Cruz Of \u2018Trying To Get Me Killed\u2019\">police officer lost<\/a> his life and another was\u200c seriously injured on Wednesday night in Hartford, Connecticut. The officers were in their\u2064 cruiser when\u200c a speeding\u2063 car ran a red light while trying to escape a\u200c traffic\u2062 stop, resulting \u200bin a devastating collision. The driver\u2062 of the car \u2063has since been apprehended.<\/p>\n<p>The fallen officer, Robert \u201cBobby\u201d Garten, was a dedicated member of\u200b the Hartford\u200b police force for eight years. His father had \u200calso served as a \u200bdetective on the same\u2062 force before retiring. Officer Brian Kearney,\u200d who was\u2063 driving \u2062the cruiser, sustained serious injuries but is currently in stable condition at a local hospital.<\/p>\n<p>At a \u200cpress conference, Mayor Luke Bronin expressed the deep sorrow \u2062felt by\u200d the community, the department, and the entire city. He spoke of Officer Garten&#8217;s love for the city and \u2062his\u2064 unwavering commitment to\u200b serving it with courage, compassion, and exceptional \u200bskill.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/wet-roads-and-speed-factored-into-car-crashing-into-dennys-restaurant-texas-police-chief-says-5487099\">Wet Roads and Speed Factored Into\u200d Car Crashing Into Denny&#8217;s Restaurant, Texas \u2062Police Chief Says<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-comp-caption\">9\/6\/2023<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/prosecutors-want-rapper-back-in-jail-after-he-crashed-car-while-awaiting-trial-5414823\">Prosecutors Want \u2062Rapper\u2062 Back in \u200cJail After He Crashed Car While Awaiting Trial<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-comp-caption\">7\/22\/2023<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According\u2064 to Police Chief Jason Thody, Officer Garten was in the passenger&#8217;s seat\u2063 while Officer \u2064Kearney was driving\u200b with their emergency lights\u200b and\u200d siren \u200cactivated,\u200b responding \u200dto \u200canother call.\u200d Tragically, a car that had\u200d evaded a separate traffic \u200dstop crashed into the passenger&#8217;s side \u200bof\u200b their cruiser near downtown Hartford.<\/p>\n<p>The driver of \u2062the car, 18-year-old Richard Barrington from \u200cHartford, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woman-who-used-gorilla-glue-as-hair-spray-considers-suing-company-raises-thousands-in-gofundme-report\/\" title=\"Woman Who Used \u2018Gorilla Glue\u2019 As Hair Spray Considers Suing Company, Raises Thousands in GoFundMe: Report\">received medical treatment<\/a>, was discharged, and\u200b subsequently arrested. \u2063He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-officer-killed-another-injured-in-hartford-after-their-cruiser-is-struck-by-a-speeding-car\/\" title=\"Police officer killed, another injured in Hartford car crash with speeding vehicle.\">faces \u2063charges including \u2062failure<\/a> to obey a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-rittenhouse-judge-bans-msnbc-from-trial-after-man-claiming-to-be-employee-tails-jury-bus\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Rittenhouse Judge Bans MSNBC From Trial After Man Claiming To Be Employee Tails Jury Bus\">traffic control signal<\/a>, failure to renew registration, misuse of plates, and interfering with police. It remains unclear whether he\u2064 has\u2063 legal representation at this time.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Thody revealed that other officers had initially\u2062 pulled over Mr. Barrington \u200cafter he ran\u2064 a red light and discovered that his car&#8217;s registration had been\u200b canceled. As officers approached his vehicle, Mr. Barrington fled, running through multiple red lights before colliding with Officer Garten and Officer Kearney&#8217;s cruiser. Notably, the pursuing officers did not\u2064 engage in a chase.<\/p>\n<p>In a solemn procession, police transported Officer \u2062Garten&#8217;s body from the hospital to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-day-another-major-media-misstep-that-no-one-has-accounted-for\/\" title=\"Another day, another major media misstep that no one has accounted for\">chief medical examiner&#8217;<\/a>s office in \u2064Farmington \u2063early Thursday morning. \u2063Governor Ned Lamont \u200dsubsequently ordered all state and U.S. flags in\u200c Connecticut \u2064to \u200bbe flown\u2063 at half-staff in honor of \u200dOfficer Garten&#8217;s memory.<\/p>\n<p>Officer Garten, who grew up in nearby Wethersfield, had fond\u200b memories \u200dof attending \u2063Hartford Whalers NHL hockey games as a child and later enjoyed watching\u2064 Hartford \u200bYard Goats minor league \u200dbaseball games as an adult. His loss is deeply felt by \u200bMayor Bronin, \u200dChief Thody, and the\u200b entire community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HARTFORD, Conn.\u2014A police officer died and another was hurt when their cruiser was hit by a speeding car running a red light while evading a traffic stop in Connecticut&#8217;s capital. The car&#8217;s driver was apprehended. Officer Robert \u201cBobby\u201d Garten, 34, an eight-year veteran of Hartford police, was tragically killed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":2024663,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2024662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2024662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2024662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2024662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2024663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2024662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2024662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2024662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}