POLICE ARREST MAN FOR ILLEGALLY POSSESSING GUN USED
BRIDGEPORT POLICE ARREST MAN FOR ILLEGALLY POSSESSING GUN HE USED IN SELF DEFENSE HOMICIDE IN P.T. BARNUM Bridgeport Police on Sunday arrested a 20-year-old for illegally possessing the gun he used to shoot and kill a man in the P.T. Barnum public housing complex in August, in what State's Attorney Office determined was self-defense. Syncaire Williams of Bridgeport was served with a felony warrant by the Homicide Unit Sunday afternoon charging him with Criminal Possession of a Firearm in the shooting of Johnny Nesmith, 46, on August 9th, 2026. Surveillance video showed both fired at each other near Building 21 at around 1:00 a.m., hours after a reunion of P.T. Barnum residents the previous day. Nesmith was hit by multiple…