Bridgeport

Bridgeport News: Police Investigate Homicide #8

2022-05-28@5:20pm--#Bridgeport CT--Just before 5:30 Saturday morning police and EMS were called to Knoll Place an unresponsive, woman. The 30 year old woman who was found shot to death. Detectives are on scene and are working some strong leads according to police. This appears to have been an isolated incident where the victim knew the shooter. This is Bridgeport’s 8th homicide of the year. https://youtu.be/0rbqE_Vlqtk

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Bridgeport News: Pursuit and Crash

#Bridgeport CT-- On Tuesday May 24, 2022 at 1933hrs a Bridgeport Police Officer was on patrol in the area of Maple Street, when she came upon a vehicle in front of her patrol cruiser with parties acting suspicious. The Officer proceeded to conduct a motor vehicle stop and the vehicle proceeded to disobey the lights and sirens and flee in a high rate of speed through various city streets and onto Route 8/25. The Officer called off the pursuit due to the recklessness of the fleeing vehicle. She provided a description of the vehicle to the Bridgeport ECC that transmitted the information out to the Bridgeport Police Department and other local Police Departments. At approximately 2030hrs the vehicle was observed…

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Bridgeport News: Shoot Out In The Hollow

2022-05-26@10:00AMish--Word on the street is that there was a shootout in a back lot on Vine Street near Park Avenue.Word is that there was a round of 12 shot and then and round of 12 minutes apart. One person was shot at the scene. A short time later a suspect was allegedly apprehended wearing a tactical vest and hundreds of rounds of ammunition at PT Barnum Housing. There have been a large increase in shots being fired in the area of PT Barnum. Last week one teen was apprehended after a shots fired incident.

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Bridgeport News: Shots Fired – Barricaded Person

On May 24, 2022 at approximately 4:30 AM, the Bridgeport Emergency Operations Center (EOC) received a telephone call stating six shots were fired within the 100 block of Orange Street. At approximately 4:40 AM EOC received a second call reporting a male subject shooting from the third floor window of a multifamily home within the 100 block of Orange Street. Uniformed Patrol Officers arrived at the scene and reported hearing more gunshots. Police identified a multifamily home on Orange Street from which the shots were being fired. Innocent citizens were evacuated and the Bridgeport Police Emergency Services Unit was activated.Patrol supervisors established communication with the subject as trained police crisis negotiators were requested and began their response to the scene.The…

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