https://youtu.be/O13XKKW1Wlg Bridgeport, CT – Family members of Dyshan Best, a local man fatally shot by police, are demanding transparency, accountability, and a full investigation following the release of body camera footage and initial details surrounding the incident. In an emotional public statement, family members and community advocates voiced serious concerns about the circumstances of Dyshan’s death, calling into question the police response, the handling of evidence, and what they say are conflicting narratives emerging from the authorities. “We live in an AI world that will make you think that you know things aren’t what they actually are,” one speaker said, emphasizing the need for professional analysis of all footage. “You can’t rush to judgment based on those videos.” According to…
Today’s Car Fire…
Today's Car Fire is at the CVS on Main Street in Bridgeport. Firefighters arrived on scene to a partially involved fire under the hood and it was quickly extinguished.
Preliminary Status Report Regarding the Use of Deadly Force by the Bridgeport Police Department
https://youtu.be/DxtBKEQGIMg According to initial police reports, on March 31, 2025, at approximately 5:50 p.m.,uniformed Bridgeport Police officers, including Officer Yoon Heo and Officer Erin Perrotta,responded to East Main Street on a report of a large fight. There was information that peoplehad gathered in connection with a funeral. In addition, there was further information that therewas a black Chevrolet Tahoe in the area whose occupant had a gun. Police located the blackTahoe parked at a store parking lot on East Main Street. There were two occupants. OfficerPerrotta opened the passenger door and told the passenger, later identified as Dyshan Best,that he was going to be patted down. Best exited the vehicle and fled. He was holding a RémyMartin liquor bottle in…
Bridgeport News: Extrication Crash
Report of a crash requiring extrication around the 1400 block of Fairfield Ave in Bridgeport. Firefighters used hydraulic rescue tools to remove the door that the other car was pinning, and successfully removed the trapped person from the vehicle.
Motorcycle and Car Collide
Fairfield Police investigate a crash between a car and motorcycle on Black Rock Turnpike at Baros Street. 2 ambulances were dispatched. 2025-04-03@2:00pm--#Fairfield CT
I-95 Crash
A crash between a tractor-trailer and a car on I-95 southbound near exit 36. Minor injuries reported. 2025-04-02@8:22pm--#Milford CT-- #cttraffic
Barricades Around Bridgeport Police Department
Barricades were observed around the Bridgeport Police Department at 300 Congress Street. A source tells me it is in response to a video that has been circulating about the police involved shooting on Kossuth Street on Monday. The video was from a citizen who recorded the shooting. 2025-04-02 #Bridgeport CT
Town of Fairfield Issued Certificate of Affordable Housing Project Completion Fairfield Entitled to an Affordable Housing Moratorium for Four Years
Fairfield, CT, —First Selectman Bill Gerber announced today that the State of Connecticut Department of Housing (DOH) has determined that the Town of Fairfield has met the requirements under Section 8-30g of the Connecticut General Statutes for a Certificate of Affordable Housing Project Completion and is entitled to a Moratorium of Applicability. The Moratorium of Applicability will begin on the next publication date of the Connecticut Law Journal, expected to be April 1, 2025, and will remain in effect for a four-year period. The Town has made steady progress on the number of affordable housing units and submitted its application for a Certificate of Affordable Housing Project Completion on December 18, 2024. The application required proof that at least two…
Merchants of Greenfield Hill Commons to Hold 2nd Annual Egg Hunt
Fairfield, CT – The merchants of Greenfield Hill Commons invite you to their 2nd Annual Egg Hunt, which will take place on Saturday, April 5th, from 10 AM – 11 AM. Bronson the Bunny will kick off the Egg Hunt and be available to take pictures with the kids as well! Additionally, there will be a kid’s craft set-up in the breezeway between Jennifer Butler Designs and BE Chocolat. Select merchants will also be offering special promotions during and after the egg hunt, including: grab-and-go flowers from Coreen’s Bridge Floral, buy one, get one free off the rack at Jennifer Butler Designs, 20% off your entire purchase from Lexington Home and Garden, and free chocolate and ice cream samples from…
Ansonia Man Arrested After Guns and Drugs Found in Abandoned Duffel Bag
During the month of March, the Bridgeport Police Task Force conducted an investigation into G's Smoke Shop, located at the intersection of Middle Street and John Street. Search warrants were obtained in connection with illegal firearms and unauthorized marijuana sales. On March twenty-eighth, two thousand twenty-five, Task Force officers executed search warrants on both the smoke shop and an apartment located above the store. As a result of the search, officers seized a loaded nine-millimeter handgun, approximately eighty-six and a half pounds of marijuana products, approximately ten pounds of hallucinogenic mushroom products, and more than one hundred sixty-five thousand dollars in U.S. currency. The subject of the investigation, forty-two-year-old Gabriel Rodriguez of Bridgeport, is a convicted felon. He was charged…