Crime & Safety

Bridgeport Woman Shot Over Child Support Payments: Report

A Naugatuck man is accused of shooting a Bridgeport woman over child support payments.

BRIDGEPORT, CT — A Naugatuck man has been arrested for allegedly shooting his girlfriend instead of paying her child support, The Connecticut Post reported. Terrance Smith, 40, of School Street, has been held on $500,000 bond on charges of first-degree assault, criminal possession of a gun, and illegally firing a gun.

Smith was the Bridgeport victim's former boyfriend and he shot her in the upper arm. Read the full story in The Connecticut Post.

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