8/04 School Supervisors Tackle Suspended Employee with Assault Rifle

Walter "Pete" Soucy and Vincent Smith received the Hartford Police Dept.’s Distinguished Citizen's Award for their heroic efforts in stopping a workplace violence tragedy. The two confronted and subdued a suspended employee who showed up armed with a loaded Colt AR-15 semiautomatic assault rifle. The suspect, who had three clips on him, was suspended for drinking on the job by Soucy.