Inspector General rules deadly force justified in Bridgeport shooting of Dyshan Best
On March 31, 2025, Officer Yoon Heo shot and killed 38-year-old Dyshan Best on Kossuth Street.
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Connecticut Inspector General Eliot D. Prescott says a Bridgeport police officer was justified in the fatal shooting of a Bridgeport man.
On March 31, 2025, Officer Yoon Heo shot and killed 38-year-old Dyshan Best on Kossuth Street. The inspector general’s report states police first responded to East Main Street for a large fight and later confronted a truck Best was in after reports that he and the driver were armed.
After officers ordered Best to step out of the vehicle, they say he ran. During the chase, officers say, Best aimed a pistol at police, and that is when Heo shot him twice.
The inspector general concluded:
"Based on the totality of circumstances, Officer Heo reasonably believed that deadly physical force was necessary to protect himself from serious physical injury or death. Accordingly, he was justified in using deadly physical force against Dyshan Best. This office will take no further action."
Read the full report below:
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Best's niece, Tatian Barrett, and her family's attorney, Darnell Crosland, condemned the ruling.
"We are 100% in agreement that the Inspector General drew a fundamentally flawed conclusion, and we vow to fight it every step of the way," Barrett said.
Crosland said the family will sue the Bridgeport Police Department for damages in spite of the report's conclusion.
"Well, the fight is only beginning. When you lose life the way Dyshan Best lost his life, there can be no report that could make us stop this fight, especially one that's subjective at best in terms of the way they came to a conclusion," Crosland said.
