Month: November 2013

Chief speaks on Bridgeport shooting

Video Interview--https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UFIvT3W7Cs 4:17pm  #Bridgeport CT--Chief of Bridgeport Police Joseph Gaudette  told us that as police were  investigating two individuals inside of a car in the Bayview Plaza on Boston Avenue,  one of the individuals pointed a handgun at one of the officers. This forced the police into firing on the car  . The injured suspect, a female, is currently in stable condition at St. Vincent's Hospital.  The male suspect died as a result of the shooting.    After the incident, the police recovered two handguns from within the vehicle.   As protocol the officers were taken off duty during an investigation by Connecticut State Police.

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Man fears he would harm children calls police on himself.

On October 27th, 2013 at 23:39, Fairfield Police responded to a call for assistance at 80 Post Road. Upon arrival, officers located Joseph Russo (dob 12/31/68) of 136 Longview Avenue Fairfield, CT. He was cooperative however appeared to be distraught and provided disturbing details of his intent to harm students at one of our elementary schools. Russo detailed he had thought this for years. Russo notified us of his intent that one day he was going to carry out his actions. Russo wanted immediate help regarding his troubling thoughts so he wouldn’t act on his current belief of hurting school children. Based on the officer’s findings and interview they determined Russo posed a significant and potential danger to others, and…

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Statement from Bridgeport Police Chief Gaudett

“Undercover operations are some of the most dangerous work in law enforcement and are the hallmark of the Urban Violence Task Force. They are true professionals who are tasked with reducing gang and gun violence in Bridgeport.  Their success to-date is unprecedented.  They were assisted by members of the Bridgeport Police Detective Bureau.” said Chief Joseph L. Gaudett Jr.  “One of the suspects pointed a handgun at police, forcing officers to discharge their weapons. Two handguns were recovered inside the car.” “Currently, there are investigations by the State Police Major Crimes Squad as well as the Bridgeport and State Police Internal Affairs offices, all standard procedure in incidents like this.”   Bill Kaempffer Public Safety Spokesman Bridgeport Police Department Bridgeport…

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