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Bridgeport News: Car Attempts To Strike Police Officer

Police UPDATE: On Sunday April 26, 2020 at 2313hrs a BPD Officer came over the radio reporting that a vehicle just attempted to strike him as he was approaching it near Huntington Road and East Main St. The vehicle, that was determined to be stolen out of Greenwich based on the plate information provided by the officer began to flee at a high rate of speed leading police on a short pursuit towards the highway. Once approaching the highway, BPD called off the pursuit however; all surrounding PDs along with the State were provided the description of the vehicle and license plate over the police hotline. Later on, Westport PD spotted a vehicle that matched the description traveling in their…

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Bridgeport News: Fire In An Abandoned House

2020-04-26@5:30pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Firefighters were called to a fire in the 1300 block of Iranistan Avenue (near Behanm Avenue).  When firefighters arrived they had smoke showing from the front door and discovered a fire in the basement.  The fire extended to the first floor but they quickly extinguished the fire.  Their primary and secondary searches found no one inside the house.  There was a fire in the same home a year ago but the building has been vacant since.  There were no reported injuries and the fire marshal was called to investigate the cause of the fire.  

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Bridgeport News: Woman Shot At

2020-04-25@4:00pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Police received a shotspotter activation on North Avenue. Two males in a gold car fired at a woman on Hurd Avenue, they did not hit her.  There are no reports of anyone else or anything hit.   This news report is made possible by:   [caption id="attachment_74834" align="aligncenter" width="960"] For more information visit: https://www.acesbailbondsct.com/[/caption]

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Bridgeport News: Two Stabbings In Town

UPDATE: There were actually two stabbings, this one at 115 Yale Avenue with no real details. A SECOND stabbing happened at Greene Homes Building 5 and that is where the girlfriend stabbed her boyfriend on the lip and in the cheek just below the eye. Both calls happened at the same time frame.   2020-04-24@11:00pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Police and EMS were called to the apartment building at 115 Yales Street where a man was allegedly stabbed in the upper cheek by his girlfriend.  Detectives are investigating.  

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