10:47pm–#Bridgeport CT–Mike’s Store located Connecticut Avenue and Fifth Street was just robbed at gunpoint by two males, one stocky in build and the other skinny. Both were in hoodies.
Month: November 2013
Bridgeport police say 2 shot by officer
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEHbc0PsWVA
Article by Daniel Tepfer Connecticut Post:
A city police officer shot two people Monday evening, wounding a woman in the face and seriously injuring her male companion after confronting them in a Boston Avenue parking lot, police said.
State police and inspectors from the state’s attorney’s office rushed to the scene and took over the investigation. Neither the name of the officer nor those of the two shooting victims were immediately released. Police said the male victim, who was shot in the torso, was undergoing surgery at Bridgeport Hospital.
Police sources said that just after 7 p.m. the officer confronted two people who were behind a silver car in the parking lot of the Bayview Plaza, next to Burger King. The parking lot has a post office at one end, a rental store and a beauty supply store. All were closed at the time shots were fired.
It was not clear exactly what led to the shooting, and state police were not immediately commenting Monday night.
Local police cordoned off the area of the parking lot and stood by until state police arrived. Under state law, the local state’s attorney is in charge of investigating shootings by police officers.
Employees of the Burger King were escorted to their cars by police and would not comment on the shooting.
Robbery/ Break In
9:40pm–#Bridgeport CT– A robbery/break in just occurred on Clifton Place. Entry was made through a side window and taken were electronics and a gray 2002 Nissan Xterra SUV with CT plates 180TCK last seen headed down Sylvan Avenue.
Purse theft
Link: http://youtu.be/LyTpaBHza6I
The Fairfield Police Department is investigating the theft of a purse from an office building on Walls Drive, along I-95, at approximately 12:25pm on 11/22/2013.
The subject depicted in the building, described as a light skinned black, or Hispanic male, in his 30’s, with a freshly shaven head, was found wandering through office areas inaccessible to the public. When questioned, he stated he was looking for a doctor’s office. Despite being escorted to the floor of the building where doctors are located, the subject returned multiple times, and was ultimately located behind the victims desk, at which time he fled the building with her purse.
The victim’s credit cards were subsequently used in Derby, CT and in Rocky Hill, CT, indicating the suspect may have fled north, along the I-91 corridor.
If anyone can identify the subject, please contact the Fairfield Police Detective Bureau at 203-254-4840, or send an Anonymous Text a Tip to 274637.
Shots fired
6:50pm–#Bridgeport CT–Police on scene at Boston Ave. Burger King for shots fired. EMS requested.
Returning a rental? Don’t forget your gun in the trunk!
5:33pm–#Bridgeport CT–An associate at Enterprise Rental on North Avenue reporting to police that he found a black handgun in a returned rental.
City 911 Center Staff Collects Winter Coats for City Children
(Bridgeport, CT — Nov. 25, 2013) – Telecommunication operators in the city’s 911 center collected more than 50 winter jackets during a pre-Thanksgiving coat drive.
The TCOs will collaborate with the police Community Services Division to distribute the coats at a city school.
“Our 911 Center staff deserves a lot of credit,” said Mayor Bill Finch. “They are the calming voice on the other end of the line when a person calls 911. It’s such a demanding job. This coat drive just shows how committed these people are to the residents of Bridgeport and I thank them.”
The TCOs started the coat drive about as week ago and boxes filled quickly.
“We wanted to focus on children,” said Denny Viera, an 18-year veteran of the dispatch center.
Calls from children can be the most emotionally difficult for telecommunication operators, she said. The children are often frightened. Sometimes they’re injured.
“You have a different voice when you speak to a child,” said Viera. “You have to be so reassuring.”
When those difficult calls come in, the operators rely on their training and each other, said Gabriella Novak, who has worked in the center for a year. That’s one of the reasons the TCOs wanted to collect coats for children.
“Helping people is a lot of what we do and this is just another way to help out,” said Novak.
Bill Kaempffer
Public Safety Spokesman
Bridgeport Police Department
Bridgeport Fire Department
Small Buisness Shout Out — OutsidExpress
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Car Hits Fairfield Rite Aid
#Fairfield CT–At the same time firefighters were battling a fire at a dance studio across the street a woman confused the gas for the brake hitting the Rite Aid on the Post Road. News12 is reporting this woman hit a hair salon earlier this year with her car.
Car crash in Bridgeport
3:26pm–#Bridgeport CT– Report of a motor vehicle accident with a pedestrian struck by Fairfield Avenue and Whittier Street, in the post office parking lot.