Bridgeport News: Three In Custody After Shooting

2020-01-15@8:30PMish--A person was shot in the hip and has non-life-threatening injuries according police in the 500 block of Trumbull Gardens.  Radio reports said the shooting occurred between occupants of two vehicles, and a person with a permit to carry a firearm said he returned fire because they were firing at his niece.  Strong work by Bridgeport detectives lead to one of the suspect cars being located on Huntington Road and three were taken into custody.  A firearm and narcotics were seized from the vehicle.  Two other suspects are still at large.

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Police Involved Shooting

#Norwalk CT-- On the evening of January 15, 2020 Troopers out of Troop G-Bridgeport received reports of a possible carjacking in the Norwalk area. Troopers were able to locate the accused vehicle which engaged responding officer in a pursuit into the city of West Haven. There have been reports of an officer involved shooting which occurred in the town of West Haven stemming from this aforementioned incident.   This press release was made possible by: [caption id="attachment_80608" align="aligncenter" width="540"] Visit their website at: https://centralhealthuniform.com/[/caption]  

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2019-01-14@11:26ham--#Bridgeport CT--  This morning (January 14, 2020) the Bridgeport Emergency Communications Center received numerous calls on several shots fired in the 600th block of Beechmont Ave in the area of Tesiny Ave. Once the police arrived to the scene, they came upon a person who had a non-life threatening hand injury caused by bullets shattering a business’s window. Anyone with information about this crime is asked to contact the Bridgeport Police Tips Line at 203-576-TIPS.  

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$1.1 Million Grant Supplement To End Homelessness

HARTFORD, CT – Governor Ned Lamont today announced that his administration is releasing an additional $1.1 million in state funding to support the Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness (CCEH) in the state’s ongoing efforts to prevent families and individuals from becoming homeless, particularly those who are on the verge of homelessness. The flexible assistance funding will complement a $2.5 million donation to the Hartford-based nonprofit that was announced late last year by the Day 1 Families Fund, a philanthropic effort led by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.   Last week, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development released its 2019 Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress, which shows that homelessness in Connecticut decreased 23.7 percent between January 2018 and January 2019.…

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