Bridgeport News: Police Interview On Shooting Spree

#Bridgeport CT-- Police Chief AJ Perez and Captain Porter held a press conference stating the feel the shooting spree that covered multiple areas off North Avenue were connected. The shooting spree wound a man grazed by a bullet in the back of his head and a little girl inside her home after celebrating her fifth birthday was shot in the hand. Police are working with federal officials as well combing through evidence gathered at the locations. If you have any information please call the confidential police hot line at 203-576-TIPS (8477).

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Bridgeport News: 2 Shot Overnight

11:00PMish--#Bridgeport CT--Just before 11pm Sunday night police began receiving a number of 911 calls for shots fired. Calls from Lorraine Street, Petrie Street, Maplewood Avenue and Colorado Avenue. Police first found a man shot in the head, laying in the street on Maplewood Avenue near Laurel Avenue. The man's exact condition is not known but he was talking with paramedics. A short time later a five-year-old girl was reported shot in the hand about two blocks away at Maplewood and Colorado Avenue. I'm guessing she was hit by a stray bullet. Multiple witnesses told me they heard seven shots. Police also located a crime scene at Petrie Street across from Geraldine Johnson School off North Avenue. A woman was parked…

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