Bridgeport News: Person Shot

11:40pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Police received a couple calls on shots fired near the movie theaters at Fairfield Avenue and Alfred Street, possibly inside a white car.  Police arrive but cannot locate the car nor a crime scene.  A short time later police received a call from St. Vincent's that a person was shot.  This allegedly happened between a boyfriend-girlfriend, and it sounds like the boyfriend is the one shot.  Detectives are investigating.   This report is made possible by:

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Westport News: Fire At Trader Joes

UPDATE From Westport Fire Department: At 8:53 this evening the Westport Fire Department Communications Center received a 911 call from an employee at Trader Joes on the Post Road reporting a fire in a refrigeration unit inside the store. The employee was attempting to extinguish the fire using a fire extinguisher but was unsuccessful. Dispatch advised the employee to pull the fire alarm to evacuate the store. Two engines, a truck company, and the shift commander responded initially. The first unit to arrive found smoke coming from the front of the store so the call was upgraded to a full structure fire response bringing an additional two engines from Westport and an additional engine from Fairfield. Firefighters confirmed with Trader…

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