2019-08-28– Today, Mayor Joe Ganim was joined by Superintendent Testani and representatives of the Educational Task Force to launch Building Bridgeport’s Future, a “Bridgeport School Capital Improvement Plan. Items discussed were a plan to address the the physical and technological needs for each school in the city. Also discussed were the restoration of bus routes for the upcoming year and a new Bassick High School complete with athletic fields on the facility.
2019-08-27 @ 8:30pm–#Bridgeport CT– We haven’t had one of these in a while. A Goddard Avenue resident reporting the copper pipes were stolen out of the home causing flooding to the basement.
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2019-08-27 @ 7:47pm–#Bridgeport CT– Over 30 rounds were fired by multiple shooters according to shot spotter and citizens. A dark blue or black sedan seen fleeing the scene. Amazingly, no one or anything reported hit. I don’t normally post unless something is hit but with this many rounds and so many callers I thought I should. All the hospitals check clear.
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2019-08-26 @ 10:40pm–#Bridgeport CT– Police’s shot spotter said there were shots fire on Center Street near Greene Homes. A short time later police St. Vincent’s reported a gunshot victim arrived to the emergency room. About fifteen minutes later a police officer on patrol heard shots fired behind building four of Greene Homes. A car was seen speeding off. No one or anything was reported hit. Shell casings were located.
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2019-08-26 @ 6:40PMish– A tough evening for the kids. A three year old girl got her leg stuck in a bicycle chain, firefighters cut the chain to free her. Another child got stuck in a swing at a park near St. Stephens and Shell Street.
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2019-08-25 @ 8:32pm–#Bridgeport CT– Sunday evening Jovan Boyd shot at his ex-girlfriend in front of 250 Gilman Street around 8:30pm. Responding officers found shell casing but no victim. She drove herself to police headquarters near Lyon Terrace. Boyd, shot the victim as she was seated in her vehicle. A second adult female and a three year old child were also in the car at the time of the shooting. The second female and child were not injured. but the ex-girlfriend was shot in the arm and transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Boyd was tracked to 360 Pacific Street, where he was observed by officers and engaged them in a foot pursuit. Boyd was able to make it back inside the residence before he was apprehended and refused to come out. Boyd indicated he was armed and that he would not surrender to police. Police surrounded the area and the Bridgeport Police Emergency Services Unit was activated. A police negotiator made contact with Boyd and spoke to him for some time, but Boyd still refused to surrender to police.
According to a press release telephone contact was lost with Boyd at 0315 hours this morning and many attempts to re-establish communication with him were unsuccessful. At 6:15am, the Emergency Services Unit utilized several techniques to try to get Boyd to emerge from the home, but they were unsuccessful. With the assistance of the Stamford Police, specialized equipment was brought to the scene, and with this equipment, Boyd was located deceased in the basement of the home from an apparent gunshot wound.
2019-0825 @ 10:37pm–#Bridgeport CT– Police received a call for a woman screaming here 16 year old son was shot at the corner of Connecticut Avenue and Hollister Avenue. No EMS units were called to the scene. About ten minutes earlier Bridgeport Police received a call for a 16 year old at Bridgeport Hospital shot and it was speculated it might have occurred at Park Avenue and Gregory Street where shell casings were found. Police spokesperson Terron Jones only confirmed this incident at Hollister and Connecticut Avenue.
2019-08-25 @ 9:30pm–#Bridgeport CT– Police are looking for a person with a gun on Pacific Street/Wood Avenue and North Avenue area. Bridgeport’s K-9 has the night off so Stratford and Fairfield are sending their dogs. If you see someone running in your backyard call 911 right away.
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2019-08-25 @ 6:51pm–#Bridgeport CT– A dog was rescued from a three story roof for the second time this month. A dog at 58/60 Scofield Avenue pushes the screen out of the 3rd floor dormer wind and goes out on the roof. Assistant Chief Richard Donofrio said the the dog likes going up but is afraid to get down. The chief said the last time the dog was rescued it was a much hotter day and the dog burned his paws being up there on a hot day. An aerial ladder truck was called in for the rescue. Although the video shown is a minute and forty seconds, it actually took over an hour to bring the dog down.
