Man killed by Connecticut state trooper was having mental health problems, witnesses testify

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy In the days before he was killed by a Connecticut state trooper, Mubarak Soulemane's mental health problems were worsening while his behavior turned erratic and paranoid — a situation his family had experienced before as they struggled to ensure he received the best medication and took it, witnesses testified Monday. “It was just a constant readjustment of medication and best efforts to get him to take it consistently.” On the day of his death, police said Mubarak Soulemane displayed the knife at an AT&T store in Norwalk, and unsuccessfully tried to steal a cell phone. North then fired his handgun into the car when Soulemane displayed the knife, state police said. “At the time Trooper North fired his weapon, neither he nor any other person was in imminent danger of serious injury or death from a knife attack at the hands of Soulemane,” the report said.