Crime & Safety

Bridgeport Man, 40, Hospitalized After Being Shot In Back; Police Investigating

Detectives seek to identify a woman who dropped off the victim at St. Vincent's Medical Center late Sunday night.

BRIDGEPORT, CT — A 40-year-old Bridgeport man was treated for a gunshot wound to his back after arriving at St. Vincent's Medical Center late Sunday night, according to Bridgeport police.

The man arrived at the hospital around 11:30 p.m. and told officers that a female friend had dropped him off, police said.

He told investigators that he last remembered being in a driveway at an address on Brooklawn Avenue, but was otherwise uncooperative, according to police.

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Officers searched the Brooklawn Avenue address for evidence of a crime scene but did not find one.

Detectives are working to identify the woman who brought the man to the hospital.

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Anyone with any information about the shooting is asked to contact Bridgeport Police Detective Robert Pascone at 203-581-5254.

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