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Bridgeport News: Hooker School On Lock In Lock Out

Police UPDATE: On November 1, 2017 at approximately 11:11 p.m., Troop G personnel responded to the area of the Yankee Doodle Bridge on I95 in Norwalk for a report of a person who had possibly jumped from the bridge.  The Norwalk Police and Fire Departments, Westport Fire Department and the U.S. Coast Guard utilized boats and attempted to locate this person but have been unsuccessful. Additionally, members of the State Police Dive Team responded to search the river.   The search is active and will continue this morning.  The identity of the person involved is being withheld at this time.  The incident remains under investigation.   10:19am--#Bridgeport CT-- Hooker School at Roger Williams Road is on lock-in/out due to a person…

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Bridgeport Cops Arrest Barbershop Murder Suspect After Pursuit

#Bridgeport CT-- Last night, Mark Christian (DOB: 1/7/85) was apprehended by members of the Patrol Division after a vehicle pursuit that stemmed from a domestic dispute. Hours later, detectives arrested Christian and charged him in the October 14th, 2017, fatal shooting of Deon Rodney. Rodney had been working as a barber at the Just Right Cutz barber shop at 500 Park Avenue when Christian and another man robbed a patron in the parking lot of the shop. After the robbery, they attempted to attack the man again. When Rodney attempted to stop one of the attackers, who was armed with a handgun, the other one, Christian, shot and killed him. The investigation will continue until the second perpetrator is apprehended. Christian is charged with Murder, Felony Murder,…

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