Video shows Rocky Hill man fighting suspects trying to steal his car in broad daylight

Jesse Leavenworth
Updated: April 14, 2023 8:05 a.m.

ROCKY HILL — Surveillance footage captured the moment four robbers attacked a man outside his home after one of the suspects tried to steal his car in broad daylight on Monday.

Police received a 911 call reporting a robbery on Valley View Drive around 7:02 p.m. Monday, Sgt. Jeffrey Foss-Rugan of the Rocky Hill Police Department said in a news release Tuesday evening. The caller reported that a homeowner in the area had become involved in a “physical altercation” with a person attempting to steal his car, Foss-Rugan said.

During the tussle, three more suspects emerged from a waiting vehicle, according to Foss-Rugan. They assaulted the homeowner before leaving the scene in a dark blue or black four-door Mercedes sedan, Foss-Rugan said.

The entire series of events was recorded by a home security camera. The video shows a person getting into the driver's side of a red car in a driveway when a man came running out of the home and the two began fighting. The resident ripped away the robber's jacket and face mask as the two struggled, the video shows. Other male suspects then ran up and started punching the resident in the face as he fought with the first assailant. The four suspects eventually fled and got into another car and sped away.

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