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Stabbing Victim Shoots, Kills Attacker In Bridgeport Stabbing Victim Shoots, Kills Attacker In Bridgeport
Stabbing Victim Shoots, Kills Attacker In Bridgeport A 25-year-old Fairfield County man was killed after being shot in the chest by a man he allegedly stabbed multiple times. The incident took place in Bridgeport around 6:20 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 8 on the 500 block of Brooks Street. Bridgeport Police responded to the area on reports of a stabbing and shots fired, said Capt. Kevin Gilleran of the Bridgeport Police. Once on the scene, officers located an unresponsive Bridgeport man suffering from what appeared to be a gunshot wound to the chest, Gilleran said. The victim was located lying outdoors and partially in the street. Medics arrived an…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Armed Home Invasion: Suspects On Run After Incident At Occupied Fairfield County Residence Armed Home Invasion: Suspects On Run After Incident At Occupied Fairfield County Residence
Armed Home Invasion: Suspects On Run After Incident At Occupied Fairfield County Residence Police in Fairfield County are searching for armed men who allegedly broke into an occupied home. The incident took place in Bridgeport around 9 a.m., Monday, Jan. 30 in the 600 block of Brooks Street. Bridgeport Police officers responded after receiving a 911 call of a burglary in progress, said Scott Appleby, director of Emergency Management. When officers arrived, they found a home invasion while a woman and her two children were at home by several armed men, Appleby said. Appleby said the men displayed a firearm and fled the residence with the woman's cell phone.  AMR was dispat…

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by Kathy Reakes
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One Dead, Several Seriously Injured After Car Runs Stop Sign At Busy Intersection, Police Say One Dead, Several Seriously Injured After Car Runs Stop Sign At Busy Intersection, Police Say
One Dead, Several Seriously Injured After Car Runs Stop Sign At Busy Intersection, Police Say One person was killed and numerous people injured in a two-vehicle early morning crash when a speeding vehicle ran a stop sign. The crash took place in Fairfield County around 2:03 a.m., Tuesday, June 9, at the intersection of Brooks and Jane streets in Bridgeport. According to police,  the crash involved a dark gray Honda Accord that was traveling northbound on Brooks Street at a high rate of speed, said Bridgeport Police Capt. Kevin Gilleran. The vehicle did not stop for the stop sign at the intersection and struck a silver Honda Civic which was traveling westbound on Jane Stre…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Scooter Driver Seriously Injured In Two-Vehicle Bridgeport Crash Scooter Driver Seriously Injured In Two-Vehicle Bridgeport Crash
Scooter Driver Seriously Injured In Two-Vehicle Bridgeport Crash A scooter driver was seriously injured during a two-vehicle crash in Bridgeport. The incident took place around 1:58 p.m., Wednesday, April 24, on Arctic Street between its intersection with Pembroke Street and Brooks Street, said Bridgeport Police Spokesman Terron Jones. An investigation found that an Ansonia man was traveling eastbound on Arctic Street driving a 2018 Yongfu Falcon 250cc motorcycle/scooter.  As the motorcycle/scooter approached the area of 580 Arctic Street a Bridgeport woman traveling westbound, in a 2004 Acura TSX, attempted to turn left into the driveway of 580 Ar…

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by Kathy Reakes