9:20pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Police are investigating a shooting at Remington and Tudor Street. Witnesses said there as many as twenty shots fired. One person was hit and driven to Bridgeport Hospital by private vehicle. There was a significant amount of blood at the scene and a witness at the hospital said there was significant blood at the hospital as well. The condition of the victim is not known at this time. A number of cars were also struck by gunfire.
11:11pm--#Bridgeport CT-- A stabbing victim just showed up at St. Vincent's Hospital. No word on his condition nor where in town it may have happened. This news report is made possible by:
7:37pm--#Stratford CT-- Police are investigating shots fired incident on Bruce Avenue near Graham Street. Police spokesperson Captain Frank Eaonnotti said no one was injured but a car was damaged. It was one year to the day that Andre Pettway was shot and killed in a driveway on Garibaldi Avenue.
7:11pm--#Bridgeport CT-- A boy about 12 years of age was hit by a car on Maplewood Avenue between Park Avenue and Pequonnick Street. First responders said the injuries did not appear to be serious.
6:00pm--#cttraffic-- State police received a call that a woman in a black Toyota Camry with New York plates took a frozen water bottle and threw it at a tractor-trailer near exit 17 then waved a gun at the trucker. A short time later Darien Police reported a similar incident. This news report is made possible by:
Connecticut State Troopers are patrolling highways and roads in Connecticut over this 2018 Memorial Day weekend. During this enforcement period, troopers are utilizing both traditional and non-traditional patrol cars. The enforcement period began at 12:01 a.m. 5/25/18 and will run through 11:59 p.m. on 5/28/18. Troopers are focusing on drunken driving violations, aggressive drivers, distracted drivers and speeding. Sobriety checkpoints and targeted DUI patrols are also in place over the entire weekend. These State Police stats cover the time period starting at midnight on May 25, 2018 to May 28, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. SPEEDING 637 SEATBELT 316 OTHER MOVING VIOLATIONS 2077 (to include Unsafe Lane Change, Following Too Closely, Cell Phone, Texting, etc.) DUI ARRESTS 31 ACCIDENTS Investigated 267 With…
1:00am--#Bridgeport CT-- Police locate shell casings at East Main and East Washington Avenue after reports of shots fired. So far no one or anything reported hit. This news report is made possible by:
8:22pm--#Bridgeport CT--First responders received a call of two adults and two children stuck on the rocks at Seaside Park. Officials launched a "zodiac"/inflatable police and fireboat to rescue what turned out to be four adult males. Assistant Fire Chief Rich D'Onofrio told me that the men were from New York and were unfamiliar with the location and tides. The chief said they are called out a couple times over the summer for these type of rescues despite frequent warnings from the police throughout the day.
UPDATE: Police said Cabot L. Barksdale 5/3/54 of 85 Concord Street Bridgeport was operating a Ford Edge SUV south on Park Avenue then turn west on Garden Street striking a male bicyclist traveling northbound on Garden Street. Witnesses said the Ford Edge accelerated and struck the bicyclist and dragged him about ten feet. The bicyclist lay under the SUV. When officers arrived they found Cabot outside the vehicle smelling of an alcoholic beverage and highly agitated that he had just struck a person. A pint of vodka and a cold 12 ounce can of beer were found in the driver's seat area. Patrol arrested Barksdale for driving Under the Influence. The injured bicyclist suffered a collapsed lung and was transported to Bridgeport…
10:01pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Police investigate a crash at Hancock Avenue and State Street. There was no word on injuries but AMR was on the scene.
