Violent Night In Bridgeport Sends Four To Hospital

BRIDGEPORT, CT — Bridgeport residents are waking up this morning to city police investigating three separate violent incidents in Connecticut's biggest city, according to WTNH-8.

The incidents happened between 11 p.m. Friday and 2:25 a.m. this morning and they were comprised of a shooting in a store in which two people were wounded and two separate violent robberies in the city, one involving a gun and the other a knife, WTNH-8 reports.

The night of violence resulted in four being taken to the hospital, according to WTNH-8.

In the 11 p.m. incident, two people were shot in a Park Avenue establishment, with one being shot in the back and the other shot in the stomach, according to the Connecticut Post.

At 12:40 a.m. today, Bridgeport authorities got a call from a resident saying he was robbed at gunpoint and pistol whipped on Stratford Avenue, according to the Connecticut Post.

During the 2:25 a.m. incident, the Connecticut Post reported that dispatchers were called for a robbery and when police arrived to Maplewood Avenue, a stabbing victim with non-life-threatening injuries was found.

The Connecticut Post reports that anyone with information on the incidents is asked to call the Bridgeport Police Department’s tipline at 203-576-TIPS.

For the full report, visit the WTNH-8 website at this link.

For the Connecticut Post report on the shooting, visit this link.

For the Connecticut Post report on the pistol whipping incident, visit this link.

For the Connecticut Post report on the robbery/stabbing, visit this link.