Then New Milford police officer Scott Smith, left, and his attorney, John Kelly, are grilled by the media outside the Litchfield courthouse on May 11, 2000 after his sentencing in the Dec. 29, 1998 shooting of Franklyn Reid. Among the trhong are off-duty New Milford police officers who went to Litchfield to support Officer Smith.

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