A shooting occurred at this home at 423 Ridgebury Rd in Ridgefield, Conn., Friday evening, May 24, 2013.
A shooting occurred at this home at 423 Ridgebury Rd in Ridgefield, Conn., Friday evening, May 24, 2013.
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Norwalk Police, called in to assist the Ridgefield Police, guard the front gate of a home at 423 Ridgebury Rd in Ridgefield, Conn. where a shooting occurred Friday evening, May 24, 2013.
Norwalk Police, called in to assist the Ridgefield Police, guard the front gate of a home at 423 Ridgebury Rd in Ridgefield, Conn. where a shooting occurred Friday evening, May 24, 2013.
Photo: Carol Kaliff
Norwalk Police, called in to assist the Ridgefield Police, guard the front gate of a home at 423 Ridgebury Rd in Ridgefield, Conn. where a shooting occurred Friday evening, May 24, 2013.
Norwalk Police, called in to assist the Ridgefield Police, guard the front gate of a home at 423 Ridgebury Rd in Ridgefield, Conn. where a shooting occurred Friday evening, May 24, 2013.
Photo: Carol Kaliff
A shooting occurred at this home at 423 Ridgebury Rd in Ridgefield, Conn., Friday evening, May 24, 2013.
A shooting occurred at this home at 423 Ridgebury Rd in Ridgefield, Conn., Friday evening, May 24, 2013.
Photo: Carol Kaliff
A shooting occurred Friday evening, May 24, 2013 at 423 Ridgebury Rd in Ridgefield, Conn.
A shooting occurred Friday evening, May 24, 2013 at 423 Ridgebury Rd in Ridgefield, Conn.
Photo: Carol Kaliff
The home of John Valluzzo, a successful businessman and philanthropist, in Ridgefield, Conn., May 30, 2013. Valluzzo was fatally shot by the police last week after a friend of Valluzzo's girlfriend called the police about a domestic disturbance at his home. (Christopher Capozziello/The New York Times) less
The home of John Valluzzo, a successful businessman and philanthropist, in Ridgefield, Conn., May 30, 2013. Valluzzo was fatally shot by the police last week after a friend of Valluzzo's girlfriend called the ... more
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John Valluzzo, of Ridgefield, founder and president of the Southern New England Military Museum in Danbury is shown in this file photo taken Tuesday, June 28, 2011.
John Valluzzo, of Ridgefield, founder and president of the Southern New England Military Museum in Danbury is shown in this file photo taken Tuesday, June 28, 2011.
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File photo of the late John Valluzzo, of Ridgefield, founder and president of the Southern New England Military Museum in Danbury.
File photo of the late John Valluzzo, of Ridgefield, founder and president of the Southern New England Military Museum in Danbury.
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The Ridgefield police officer who fatally shot a millionaire philanthropist in his Ridgebury Road home last May was justified, a report released Wednesday by the state Division of Criminal Justice concluded.
Officer Jorge Romero was among the officers who went to John Valluzzo’s home on May 24, 2013, after receiving a report of a domestic incident in the home.
Valluzzo, 75, was shot when he approached the officers while carrying a loaded handgun at about 5:20 p.m.
After reviewing an investigation by the state police Western District Major Crimes Squad, Danbury judicial district State’s Attorney Stephen Sedensky concluded Romero was justified in using deadly force, according to the report released Wednesday afternoon.