Bridgeport

A man is wanted for questioning after a shooting at the University of Bridgeport that left one person injured on Tuesday night and prompted the school to go on lockdown for hours. Police said 18-year-old Dylan Cruz-Tillery, of Queens, New York, is a person of interest and is wanted for questioning about the shooting. Officers were called to the Marina...

The lockdown at the University of Bridgeport has been lifted after a reported shooting inside the dining hall Tuesday night. Bridgeport police said shots were fired at the university, and one person was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. They are alert and speaking with detectives, police said. Authorities are still searching for the shooter and believe the...

Crews have extricated a worker who was trapped under rocks in the basement of a multifamily home in Bridgeport after a collapse. The home, located in the 1000 block of Stratford Avenue in Bridgeport, was the scene of a fire around five years ago, fire officials said. It is now uninhabited and under construction. According to online assessor records, the...

A man and a woman are dead after a motorcycle crash in Bridgeport early Thursday morning. Police said they responded to Waldemere Avenue and Atlantic Street around 1:05 a.m. after a call came in reporting a man who was unresponsive in the grass next to a motorcycle.    Bridgeport police found a man and woman lying in the grass near...

The family of 6-year-old Jathan Escobar is calling for justice after he was brutally beaten with a baseball bat in Bridgeport last month and died days later. They gathered outside a Bridgeport courthouse Thursday morning all wearing matching sweaters honoring the life taken too soon.  They were there for the court appearance of Abdulrahim Sulaiman, who now faces upgraded...

An investigation is underway after a man was shot during a carjacking in Bridgeport on Monday night. Dispatcher received calls about an aggravated assault with a gun in the 1200 block of Wood Avenue around 8:45 p.m. According to police, a man was shot during a carjacking. He was transported to the hospital for treatment. Investigators did not release any…

A 6-year-old child who was brutally beaten with a baseball bat in an attack on his family in Bridgeport last week has died, according to police. The boy was attacked along with his mother and his 4-year-old brother in a home on Main Street in Bridgeport on Sept. 25. The 33-year-old mother and 4-year-old have since been released from the…

The man accused of brutally beating a family member and her two young children with a baseball bat in Bridgeport last week appeared in court for the third time in less than a week on new charges. Abdulrahim Sulaiman, 38, of Bridgeport, is facing new charges, including assault of a public safety official and disorderly conduct after allegedly spitting on…

A man who is accused of brutally beating a family member and her two young children with a baseball bat in Bridgeport on Wednesday morning appeared in court on Thursday and his bond has been set at $10 million. One of the victims, a 6-year-old boy, is in critical condition, according to police. The little boy’s 33-year-old mother and 4-year-old…

A 33-year-old mother and her 4-and-6-year-old children were badly injured during a domestic assault in Bridgeport on Wednesday morning and the 6-year-old remains in critical condition, according to police. All three were in critical condition on Wednesday afternoon and one child remained in critical condition on Wednesday night. Officials said the mother and the 4-year-old are in stable condition....

Students in Bridgeport are returning to school on Monday after a string of recent threats prompted a school delay, an early dismissal and a closure last week. As they return to school, the district is taking steps to make sure everyone feels safe. District officials said they worked with local police to investigate the threat and an arrest has been…

A person is in critical condition after crashing into several vehicles in Bridgeport Wednesday afternoon. Bridgeport police said they were called to an accident involving four vehicles near the intersection of East Main Street and York Street around 10 a.m. Authorities learned that a driver struck several cars and possibly had a seizure. Investigators said the driver, who is in…

Police are investigating the death of a 27-year-old mom in Bridgeport. They said that they were looking for a man who they said should be considered armed and dangerous and said later that he was found dead at a cemetery in Stratford on Tuesday morning. The man was wanted for questioning in connection to the death. Officers responded to a…

Police are searching for multiple suspects after a woman was killed and a man was critically injured in a shooting in Bridgeport early Saturday morning. Officers responded to a ShotSpotter activation near the intersection of Stratford Avenue and Carroll Avenue around 2:25 a.m. Citizens also reported hearing multiple gunshots and said two people had been shot. Once in the area,…

Nine people, including one adult and a 5-year-old child from Bridgeport, were killed when a vehicle crashed into a canal in Florida on Monday night, according to authorities. School officials in Bridgeport said all nine are family members of a school employee. Palm Beach County Fire Rescue officials said crews responded to the scene around 7:30 p.m. after a 2023…

Bridgeport police are looking for whoever abandoned an injured and malnourished dog Monday night. Officers responded to reports of an injured dog roaming the area of Shell Street, according to police. The small, female, mixed breed was extremely thin and had an open wound that appeared to be a burn covering much of her ribcage, police said. Investigators said it…

A 24-year-old man is in critical condition after he was shot in the head in Bridgeport on Wednesday morning. Police officers responded to the 1200 block of Iranistan Avenue at 9:20 a.m. to investigate a shooting and found the victim, a Bridgeport man. He was taken to an area hospital, where he is listed in critical condition, according to police. …

A three-year-old has died after an apparent drowning in Bridgeport over the weekend, according to police. Emergency crews responded to a home on Orland Street around 8 p.m. Saturday for a report of a possible drowning involving an infant. When emergency crews arrived, they immediately began CPR and other lifesaving measures on the child. The child was taken to Bridgeport…

An investigation is underway after someone used an explosive device to blow up the entrance of an apartment building in Bridgeport early Thursday morning. Two law enforcement sources tell NBC News this might have been part of a dispute over a wallet that was allegedly stolen. Firefighters and police responded to 1512 North Ave. at 12:27 a.m. after a report…

A Democratic party official involved in a voting scandal that caused a judge to order a rerun of last year’s mayoral election in Connecticut’s largest city was arrested Tuesday and has been charged along with a city council member and two campaign workers with mishandling absentee ballots during a different election in 2019. Bridgeport Democratic Town Committee Vice Chairperson...