Drug dealer? Someone fleeing the sound of gunshots? Person with guilty conscience? Trespasser? Nosy Parker? Complete and total fabrication by some MSNBC journalist?
If it bothers you that much, call the police in Connecticut and ask them. Any front desk person probably won't even know anything about it at this point, but heck, we can launch a Congressional investigation if you want.
Another Trollish snark, don’t you have better things to do?
Personally, I doubt the guy in the woods had anything to do with the shootings, but the questions of who he is and why he was there are legitimate ones. The police certainly thought so because they ran him to ground, cuffed him, and out him in a police car.