Bridgeport police are taking precautionary measures after being alerted to a possible threat to one of their high schools Wednesday. According to officials, they were made aware of a Snapchat threat made against Central High School overnight. The investigation did not produce any other information to suggest that the threat was legitimate and targeted in Bridgeport specifically. The Bridgeport Police…

Bridgeport police are taking precautionary measures after being alerted to a possible threat to one of their high schools Wednesday.

A teen has been arrested on several charges after he led police on a foot pursuit Tuesday afternoon in Bridgeport. According to officials, during a routine community policing detail, officers arrested 18-year-old Burkino Bomano Mcintyre at the Greene Homes apartment complex around 4 p.m. After being detained officers recovered a semi-automatic gun and crack cocaine. Mcintyre was charged with illegal…

One person was pulled from a burning car in Bridgeport early Tuesday morning. Officials said they received the first report at 4:15 a.m. that a motor vehicle hit a tree and people might be trapped. After crews were dispatched, another call came in reporting that people were inside the vehicle, which might be on fire and had smoke coming from…

A Bridgeport police officer was taken to the hospital after getting injured in a crash while she was on duty early Saturday morning. Officers said the Bridgeport Emergency Communications Center received a report from an officer around 12:40 a.m. saying she was involved in a crash at the intersection of Park Avenue and Olive Street. According to investigators, Officer Ovelize…

A 5-year-old boy remained in critical condition Sunday while his mother was upgraded to stable condition following a fire that tore through a multifamily home in Bridgeport, city officials said. The boy is in intensive care at Yale-New Haven Hospital, fire officials told News 12 Connecticut. The fire was reported Saturday afternoon on William Street. Firefighters rescued both the mother...

A 5-year-old boy remained in critical condition Sunday while his mother was upgraded to stable condition following a fire that tore through a multifamily home in Bridgeport, city officials said.

Two people were pulled from a fire at a home in Bridgeport on Saturday. City officials said the second alarm fire is at a home in the 700th block of Williams Street. Paramedics and police are at the scene. Authorities did not release details on the conditions of the people who were pulled from the fire.

A Connecticut man has been sentenced to 45 years in prison for killing his 15-year-old niece, who was nearly decapitated in the attack. The Connecticut Post reports Richard Segabiro, 53, was sentenced Friday for the 2018 killing of the girl at his Bridgeport home. He previously pleaded guilty to murder. Segabiro fled wartorn Congo in 2005 with his wife, three children and…

Police are investigating a homicide in Bridgeport. Police said they received a call at 9:10 a.m. about a person being shot in the 800th block of Kossuth Street and determined there was a homicide there. Anyone with information is asked to call the Bridgeport Police at 203-576-TIPS.

High Horizons Magnet School in Bridgeport is evacuated after a report of a gas odor in the science lab. A Tweet from the Bridgeport Fire Department says crews are at the scene.

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Bridgeport police are investigating after a vehicle was found in the water at a marina on Saturday morning. City officials said an SUV was found in the water at the Dolphins Cove Marina. It was approximately 75 feet from the public boat ramp and was wedged under a boat dock. Authorities said they used pike poles and an ice rescue…

Bridgeport officials say they’re stepping up police and community efforts to keep residents safe following a double shooting on Sunday that killed an 18-year-old at the Greene Homes complex and a quadruple shooting Monday in front of the courthouse on Gold Hill Street. One way they want to do it is through a curfew. At a news conference on...

Police patrols are being stepped up and city leaders want to enforce a curfew for anyone under 18.

Several gunshots were fired into a car outside the courthouse on Golden Hill Street in Bridgeport on Monday afternoon and four men have been taken to the hospital after what authorities believe was a targeted shooting. Officials said three people identified as persons of interest in the shooting are in custody on unrelated charges, but they have not been charged…

Four people were shot while sitting in a car outside of the courthouse on Golden Hill Street in Bridgeport on Monday.

An 18-year-old died after shooting in Bridgeport Sunday evening and another victim was taken to the hospital for surgery. Police said shot spotter detected gunshots at 5:37 p.m. Sunday and police found 18-year-old down on Highland Avenue, near building 5 of Greene Homes, and they found another victim, a 21-year-old man, down inside the Greene Homes complex. Kenion was shot…

A 16-year-old girl was transported to the hospital after getting shot in the head in Bridgeport early Sunday morning. City officials said shots were fired in the area of James Street and Calhoun Avenue around 1 a.m. Officers responded to the scene and found multiple shell casings. They were then notified about a gunshot victim on Cottage Street, authorities said….