A Bristol man has been arrested by State Police on assault and threatening charges.  31-year old Aaron Bouffard was charged following an altercation at Midwestern Connecticut Council on Alcoholism old Old Ridgebury Road in Danbury.  He was also cited for breach of peace and disorderly conduct when he was released from Yale-New Haven Hospital where he was treated for non-life threatening wounds. 

Bouffard was shot by Danbury Police Officer Alex Relyea on July 3rd. 

Danbury Police responded to a report of an assault at MCCA and learned that the suspect fled the scene.  He had been armed with large butcher knives.  Police say the man, later identified as Bouffard, refused to obey commands to drop the knives as he approached officers.  Relyea shot Bouffard in the thigh, pelvis area and finger. 

Bouffard will be arraigned Wednesday.  He was held on $250,000 bond.  He was also charged with two violations of PRAWN warrants.  State Police say additional charges related to the officer involved shooting are pending.