A man is in critical condition after one of three shootings in Bridgeport that happened Monday and another shooting victim is facing drug charges, police said.
Lemaine Heard, 25, was shot on the left hand, leg and foot on Monday, William Kaempffer, police spokesman, said. The shooting happened in the Green Homes housing project. He was taken to Bridgeport Hospital and is listed in stable condition, he said.
No long after that, another person was shot at his home on Roosevelt Street in the eastern section of the city, police said. A robber gained entry to the home of William Sullivan, 25, when his brother answered the door and Sullivan was shot in the thighs during a fight with the man in his backyard after he came to his brother's rescue, according to police. The man ran from the scene. Sullivan's condition is unknown.
Then, at 11:30 p.m. Monday, police discovered Raheem Dicks, 24, lying on the sidewalk with a gunshot wound to his chest and one of his arms after responding to a reported shooting, police said. They found him at the Whitney Avenue and Charles Street intersection with a rifle next to him, according to police. Three people wearing dark clothes ran from the area after the shooting happened, witnesses told police.
Police found small bags of cocaine in his clothes when he was taken to the hospital, so they charged him with possession of cocaine with intent to sell, possession of cocaine and criminal possession of a firearm.
It's unknown whether the shootings were connected.
Police continue to investigate the three shootings.
