Youngsters’ Feud May Have Triggered Successive Shootings in Stamford: Police

At least one person was shot in three shooting incidents in Stamford over the span of two days.

The shootings may stem from a "simmering rivalry" between young people living in the Spruce Street and Myano and Connecticut Avenue areas.

Police responded to 80 Spruce Street after hearing reports of shots fired around 11:03 p.m. on Monday. A bullet went through the vestibule at the address and hit two vehicles, police said. No witnesses or victims were located.

Police also responded to shots fired at 127 Myano Lane at about 12:45 a.m. on Tuesday. Police learned seven rounds were fired into the home, "nearly missing" a 17-year-old home, police said. Police found four .380 shell casings in the backyard. Witnesses told police that four people wearing dark jackets and hooded sweatshirts were observed fleeing on foot toward the back of Westover School in Stamford.

The address was targeted a separate time with gunshots fired into the building as residents slept on March 29, police said.

Stamford police also responded to reports of someone shot near 121 Connecticut Avenue at 2:20 p.m. on Tuesday. A 21-year-old found there had been grazed by a bullet on the top of his head at 127 Myano Lane as he ducked to avoid the gunfire. His injuries are non-life-threatening, police said.

He said that someone wearing a black jacket and grey hooded sweatshirt fired at him from the sidewalk near the Connecticut Avenue building nearby. Stamford police found two bullets and .380 shell casings there. Witnesses told police the shooter fled on Connecticut Avenue in the southbound direction.