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Article by Daniel Tepfer Connecticut Post:

A city police officer shot two people Monday evening, wounding a woman in the face and seriously injuring her male companion after confronting them in a Boston Avenue parking lot, police said.

State police and inspectors from the state’s attorney’s office rushed to the scene and took over the investigation. Neither the name of the officer nor those of the two shooting victims were immediately released. Police said the male victim, who was shot in the torso, was undergoing surgery at Bridgeport Hospital.

Police sources said that just after 7 p.m. the officer confronted two people who were behind a silver car in the parking lot of the Bayview Plaza, next to Burger King. The parking lot has a post office at one end, a rental store and a beauty supply store. All were closed at the time shots were fired.

It was not clear exactly what led to the shooting, and state police were not immediately commenting Monday night.

Local police cordoned off the area of the parking lot and stood by until state police arrived. Under state law, the local state’s attorney is in charge of investigating shootings by police officers.

Employees of the Burger King were escorted to their cars by police and would not comment on the shooting.