Connecticut State Police

State Police Investigating Suspicious Death in Bridgeport

Connecticut State Police
NBCConnecticut.com

State police are investigating what the are calling a suspicious death in Bridgeport.

State police said Bridgeport State’s Attorney Joseph Corradino asked for assistance from the State Police–Western District Major Crime Squad just before 3 p.m. Thursday to investigate the circumstances around an untimely death just after 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday while Bridgeport Tactical Narcotics Units were carrying out a search warrant on Chestnut Street in Bridgeport.

State police said personnel from Bridgeport Police Department went into the apartment and they were inside for a short time with a female occupant before an officer looked out an open window and saw a man lying on the ground, “having apparently jumped out of the window from an elevated height.”

Police have identified the man as 49-year-old Wilfredo Alvarado. He was transported to an area hospital, where he later died from his injuries.

Police are investigating.

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