Category: Bridgeport

Bridgeport Shooting Leaves One Dead, Another Critically Injured

On August 17, 2024, at approximately 2:25 am Bridgeport Police responded to a ShotSpotter activation near the intersection of Stratford Avenue and Carroll Avenue. ShotSpotter is a gunshot detection system. Once gunshots are fired in an area covered by this service, police receive a notification within one minute directing them to the location of the gunfire. As police responded to the east end, the Emergency Operations Center provided updates to the officers. Citizens reported hearing multiple shots fired and observing 2 victims shot.

Upon arrival, officers discovered an unresponsive 28-year-old Bridgeport woman lying on the sidewalk along the fence-line for 1365 Stratford Avenue. The victim appeared to have succumbed to fatal injuries. Medics quickly arrived and pronounced the victim deceased at the scene.

A short time after the initial ShotSpotter activation, the Bridgeport Police Emergency Operations Center received information of a second victim who presented at an area hospital suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. This victim, identified as a 30-year-old Bridgeport man, is also reported to have been struck by gunfire while on Stratford Avenue close to its intersection with Carroll Avenue. The 30-year-old is currently in critical condition.

Patrol Officers secured the crime scene and notified the Detective Bureau (DB). The DB Homicide Squad has taken charge of the investigation. Detectives from the Forensic Identification Unit are assisting them. The Detective Bureau is currently in the process of interviewing witnesses, collecting evidence, and notifying next of kin.

There were multiple shooters involved in this incident.

The Bridgeport Police Department is asking for your help in solving this crime. Anyone with information is asked to contact the case officer, Detective Jeffrey Holtz, at 203-581-5293. Citizens can also utilize the Bridgeport Police Tips line at 203 576-TIPS.

Bridgeport News: Man Fatally Shot in Greene Homes Housing Community; Homicide Squad Investigating

On August 14, 2024, at approximately 10:15 pm Bridgeport Police responded to reports of a party shot within the Greene Homes Housing Community (Building 4).  Upon arrival, officers discovered an unresponsive 45-year-old Bridgeport man in the hallway on the fifth floor.  He was found lying down and appeared to have succumbed to fatal injuries.  Medics quickly arrived and confirmed the victim was deceased.

Patrol Officers secured the crime scene and notified the Detective Bureau (DB).  The DB Homicide Squad has taken charge of the investigation.  They are being assisted by Detectives from the Forensic Identification Unit.  The Detective Bureau is currently in the process of interviewing witnesses, collecting evidence, and notifying next of kin.    

Multiple shots were fired during this incident and the victim appears to have been targeted.

The Bridgeport Police Department is asking for your help in solving this crime.  Anyone with information is asked to contact the case officer, Detective Thomas Harper, at 203-581-5239.  Citizens can also utilize the Bridgeport Police Tips line at 203 576-TIPS.

BRIDGEPORT POLICE ARREST CITY WOMAN FOR ROBBERY THAT WAS TIED TO MARCH HOMICIDES

Back on March 30th, 2024, two city men were shot and killed while committing an armed robbery inside an illegal gambling club on Stratford Avenue.

On Tuesday, the Bridgeport Police arrested a Bridgeport woman who helped run the club by conspiring with those men to pull off the crime.

Shanica Merced, 35, was taken into custody on an active felony warrant during a motor vehicle stop by Bridgeport Police Task Force Officers on the East Side. She was charged with Conspiracy to Commit Robbery in the First Degree, as well as Illegal Gambling, for her role in helping to run the club.

Merced’s bond was $250,000.

Shortly before midnight on March 30th, Tayvon Geter, 33, and Richard Davis, 30, were killed in an exchange of gunfire, when of one the gamblers they were robbing at gunpoint inside of the club opened fire. The gambler was also struck by several bullets, but survived. Shanica Merced was grazed by a round while fleeing the gunfire.

In June, Marcus Famer, 37, also of Bridgeport, was also arrested on an illegal Gambling warrant for his role in running the club. Farmer was inside the club at the time of the incident. Police do not believe he was involved in the robbery. Farmer was a parole obsconder when he turned himself in on the warrant.

He was also charged with stealing a gun from one of the suspects, after the suspect was shot, and was laying on the ground. Farmer was also charged with Criminal Possession of a Firearm and Tampering with Evidence. He was remanded to the custody of the State Department of Corrections.

The investigation found that Merced and Farmer also had a personal relationship, outside of their roles in operating the club.

Sean Ellam, 38, of Bridgeport, was also arrested in May as part of the investigation. Police found Ellam stole a gun from the other suspect while the suspect lay dead on the ground outside of the club in the aftermath of the shootings. Ellam was charged with Stealing a Firearm, Criminal Possession of a Firearm, and Tampering with Evidence.

The arrests were part of a comprehensive investigation into the incident, which was conducted by Bridgeport Police Department’s Homicide Unit, with assistance from the Office of the State’s Attorney.

Detectives used extensive surveillance video as part of their investigation. The video showed Shanica Merced allowing Geter and Davis, who were the only ones wearing masks, into the club, and sitting alone with them for an extended period before they began the robbery.

Bridgeport Mayor Joseph P. Ganim, Bridgeport Police Chief Roderick Porter Sr., and other city officials held a press conference outside of the shuttered club at 1542 Stratford Ave. following the shootings, to ensure that it would not be reopened, and to encourage citizens to report the presence of such establishments in their neighborhoods.

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