(Torrington, CT) – Litchfield Judicial District State’s Attorney David R. Shannon today announced that a jury in Superior Court in Torrington on March 7, 2025 found Robert L. Fisher Jr., age 78, of Goshen, guilty of the crime of Manslaughter in the First Degree, in violation of Connecticut General Statutes § 53a-55(a)(1). The Honorable Eliot D. Prescott presided over the jury trial.
According to evidence introduced at trial, the defendant, who is an attorney in Litchfield, was confronted and punched several times by an individual while the defendant was seated in his car in the parking lot of his law office on June 7, 2021. As the individual was leaving the scene, the defendant then exited his vehicle brandishing a legal handgun and confronted the individual as he returned to his vehicle. According to eyewitness testimony and other evidence, the defendant shot the individual once in the head at a close distance. The defendant then called emergency-911 to report the shooting.
The case was investigated by the Connecticut State Police, Western District Major Crime Squad, and was prosecuted by State’s Attorney Shannon, with assistance from Paralegal Specialist Melissa Brewer and Inspector Forrest J. Beaulieu.
State’s Attorney Shannon would like to thank the Connecticut State Police, Western District Major Crime Squad, Connecticut State Police Troop L and Troop A, and Inspectors from the Waterbury States Attorney’s Office, for their work and dedication in this investigation.
Sentencing is scheduled for June 10, 2025 in Superior Court in Torrington.