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Bridgeport News: Police Need Your Help Identifying

The Robbery squad is seeking assistance identifying a suspect who has committed several robberies this week in the Ogden St and Park St area. A firearm was used in one of the robberies. The suspect can be seen in the photo and video wearing a distinct dark color “NIKE” hoddie with a large white square on the front and back with the black “Nike” logo on the front.The suspect is described as 5’5”-5’9” light brown male. (Bridgeport Police Press Release)

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Bridgeport News: Man Shot In Head Drives Self To Hospital-Crashes Into Ambulance

8:18pm--#Bridgeport CT-- A man suffering from a gunshot wound drove himself to the hospital and was about two blocks away from the emergency room when he crashed into an ambulance traveling on Barnum Avenue just before the intersection at Mill Hill Avenue. The EMS personnel quickly assessed the man's condition and found a gunshot wound near his neck according to radio broadcasts from EMS. A nearby ambulance quickly transported the victim. First responders told me he may not make it which will make the city's first homicide for 2018. The EMS personnel were not injured. Expect delays as Barnum Avenue will be closed from Mill Hill Avenue to Central Avenue.

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Escapee Wanted

Jerry Mercado is wanted for ESCAPE from a Carl Robinson Correctional Institution in Enfield on 1/7/18. Anyone with any information regarding this escapee, or may know his whereabouts is asked to please contact the Connecticut State Police, Central District Major Crime Squad at 860-534- 1000, the Department of Correction Parole Fugitive Unit at 860- 250-2858, any Police Department at 911 or text TIP711 with the information to 274637.  

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Norwalk News: Fatal Motor Vehicle Crash

Norwalk CT--On January 8, 2017, at 10:11pm Patrol Officers responded to a two-car motor vehicle crash in front of 789 Connecticut Avenue. Arriving officers found two cars in the roadway with extensive damage. Two male occupants were found to be decreased in the vehicle and one male occupant was found with serious injuries in the other vehicle. The Norwalk Fire Department extricated all three males, one of which was transported to the Norwalk Hospital by Norwalk Hospital Emergency Medical Service. Connecticut Avenue remained closed for several hours while Norwalk Police Accident Investigators and the Crime Scene Unit processed the scene. The preliminary investigation indicates that both vehicles were traveling in opposite directions on Connecticut Avenue and had a head-on type collision.…

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