Police are investigating after two young men, ages 17 and 24, were shot in Bridgeport on Monday morning.
Bridgeport police said they discovered the 17-year-old victim while responding to the report of gunfire on Highland Avenue around 10 a.m. Monday. Police brought him to Saint Vincent's Medical Center for treatment of a gunshot would to the stomach.
Shortly thereafter, a 24-year-old Bridgeport resident was taken to Bridgeport Hospital. Police said the second victim reported that he had been shot in a different section of the city, but authorities did not receive a report of gunshots in that area.
Police said both victims were seriously hurt but are expected to survive.
Authorities are investigating.
