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Bridgeport News: 2 Shot On Hudson Street

Bridgeport Police UPDATE: At approximately 2017 hours last night, PO Smith was on patrol and reported shots fired in the area of Capitol Avenue/ Hudson Street. PO Smith observed a Nissan Pathfinder fleeing the scene and attempted to stop this vehicle. The operator of the vehicle refused to stop for the officer and bailed out of the moving vehicle on Main Street near Salem Street. The vehicle continued to roll, unoccupied for several hundred feet and came to rest along the curb.   The driver eluded capture. Two gunshot victims, a man and a woman, were located in front of 60 Hudson Street. The male victim sustained a serious gunshot wound to his left leg and a graze wound to…

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Bridgeport News: Person Shot

Bridgeport Police UPDATE: On October 16, 2016 at approximately 0148 hours, a shooting incident occurred at 1725 Barnum Avenue.  A male victim was shot multiple times in the right arm, causing substantial injury and blood loss. He was transported by private vehicle to Bridgeport Hospital for treatment and is expected to survive and underwent surgery this morning.  Witnesses state that an unknown light skin male wearing a black jacket approached the victim and shot at him multiple times and then casually walked away and may have left the area in a white colored Honda.   1:52am--#Bridgeport Connecticut-- A shooting outside of Barnum and Bishop Avenue.  The victim ran inside the Avenue Cafe then left in a private vehicle to Bridgeport Hospital.…

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Bridgeport Connecticut–Stolen Vehicle Crashes

5:44pm--#Bridgeport Connecticut--Police attempted to pull over a stolen vehicle at Maplewood and Norman Street and the driver refused to pull over.  As the driver  ignored police lights and sirens he continued south/west on Maplewood Avenue when he crashed at the corner Howard and Maplewood Avenue taking out a number or parked cars.  The driver of the stolen was apprehended and taken to St. Vincent's Hospital for injuries he received in the crash. 5:44pm--#Bridgeport Connecticut-- La policía intento de parar un vehículo robado en Maplewood y Norman street pero el conductor se negó a detenerse. Como el conductor ignoró las luces y sirenas de policía continuó al sur\ oeste por la avenua de Maplewood cuando se estrelló en la esquina de…

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Bridgeport News: Tax Increases Nets $600k Surplus, Still No Police Spokesperson

Av Harris, the City Of Bridgeport's Communication or is it  Strategist at $100,000 a year sent out this press release.  The state's largest city still has no spokesperson for the police department unlike all other small towns in the area> Bridgeport, CT – Mayor Joe Ganim today announced that his administration expects that once a final audit is complete of Bridgeport’s fiscal year 2016 budget it will show that prudent actions and fiscal restraint erased the entire budget deficit of $20,000,000 the administration inherited once taking office on December 1, 2015.  Specifically, the Mayor is reporting budget cuts amounting to total expenditure savings of $12.1 Million, while new revenues generated by the city and administrative decisions added another $8.5 Million…

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