In the first attempted carjacking, Waterbury Lt. Ryan Bessette said a suspect pointed a gun at the victim’s head and demanded they exit the vehicle, but the victim managed to drive away. In the second incident, multiple suspects who were armed with firearms exited a Ford Explorer and demanded the victim’s car keys, Bessette said.

Officials said the shooting happened when officers with the auto theft task force confronted suspects Thursday evening.

Three men charged in connection to the shooting of a Waterbury police officer faced a judge Friday afternoon. It was a chaotic scene on Thursday night in the area of Rutland and Norman streets. Police said 20-year-old Arian Perez-Feliciano was the trigger man,