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Odor of Gas
2:40PM–#Bridgeport CT– Odor of gas reported at 431 Columbia Street.
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Accident closes Knowlton Street
10:00pm–#Bridgeport CT–Knowlton Street between River and Stillman Street is closed due to a car accident.
Kids with rifles
6:49pm–#Bridgeport CT–Police receive a number of calls from concerned citizens of kids with rifles in the 600 block of Central Avenue. Turns out the kids were just recording a video.
Police pursuit
11:00am–#Trumbull CT #cttraffic–Connecticut State Police were in pursuit of a suspect unknown wants on rt 25 suspect then fled on foot and was apprehended near the movie theaters near off of exit 7 from rt Route 25.
Crash Above I-95
10:50am–#Fairfield CT–First responders are at a multi car crash above I-95 on Meadowbrook Road on the overpass. The road is currently closed down.
Double Shooting In Bridgeport
BrIdgeport, CT — April 14, 2013) — City police are investigating a double shooting that happened on Barnum Avenue overnight Sunday. One of the victims was in critical condition.
Patrol officers responded to Bridgeport Hospital at 2:29 a.m. on a report of two people suffering from gunshot wounds. The victims arrived in a private car. The operator of the vehicle, a silver Dodge Magnum, was identified as Mack Green, 44, of Reservoir Avenue in Bridgeport. He suffered a gunshot wound to the upper thigh. His passenger, Rodney Spann, 42, of Carnegie Street in Bridgeport, suffered from gunshot wounds to the neck and chest.
Detectives immediately responded to the hospital and shooting scene.
This is what investigators have learned so far:
Apparently both victims were at Club Delight, 1611 Barnum Avenue.
After leaving the establishment, Green and Spann entered Green’s vehicle and were immediately confronted by an unknown male who walked up to the vehicle, reached in and fired multiple shots. Green then fled, heading directly to Bridgeport Hospital ER.
Green’s wounds were not considered life threatening.
Spann was reported to be in critical condition, having gone into cardiac arrest. As of 8 a.m., he was undergoing surgery. The investigation is ongoing and active.
Man shot in the neck
2:22am–#Bridgeport CT–A man was driven to Bridgeport Hospital in a private vehicle after being shot in the neck. It is not know where in town he was shot or any circumstances at this time.
