Month: May 2016

Bridgeport News: Serious Crash On Bishop Avenue…..Again

2:54pm--#Bridgeport Connecticut-- Just before 3pm Saturday afternoon firefighters were called to rescue two people trapped in this one car crash on Bishop Avenue near Connecticut Avenue. Witnesses told me the driver appeared to have lost control before sideswiping a white pickup truck. The car stopped after hitting this a utility pole leaving him in grave condition. There has been no word on the driver's condition, the passenger was moving and able to talk but also had serious injuries.   Bishop Avenue has been the scene of a couple of serious crashes in the last couple of months.

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Bridgeport News: Two Captured In Friday The 13th Homicide

On May 13, 2016 at 1159 hours, Detectives Montagna, Martocchio and Palatiello were driving in the area of Madison Avenue/ Frank street when they heard several shots fired, and observed a male perpetrator fleeing the scene. Detectives Martocchio and Palatiello pursued the perpetrator on foot and Detective Montagna drove to Madison Avenue/Grand Street to intercept him. Detective Montagna located the perpetrator identified as Deonte Tomlinson (10/8/96) and he was detained without incident. Fatally wounded in the shooting is Kahlil Sloan-Diaz (3/4/98). Sloan-Diaz was sitting in his vehicle in front of 295/297/299 Madison Avenue when he was shot. After the shooting he fled the vehicle to the corner of Madison Avenue/ Frank Street and was transported by AMR to St. Vincent’s Hospital where he succumbed to his wounds. Tomlinson was initially…

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