Police statement of 1/8 @ 1:23pm: On January 7, 2017 at 2107 hours, patrol officers were dispatched to a report of shots fired at 1001 E. Main Street Bridgeport, CT. Preliminary information suggests that a vehicle was parked on the side of a building that is occupied by El Flamboyan restaurant, and several residential apartments. A perpetrator emerged from the side of the building and fired several rounds into this parked vehicle. A female victim, 26, who was seated in a passenger seat was struck by gunfire. She was transported by private vehicle to Bridgeport Hospital, where she remains hospitalized in critical condition. The crime scene was processed by the Bridgeport Police Department Detective Bureau Identification Unit, and is being actively investigated by detectives. Any person with information about this crime is asked to call the Bridgeport Police Department Tips Line at 203-576-TIPS (8477).

9:11pm– Detectives are on scene investigating the city’s 2nd homicide in a parking lot between  the El Flamboyan Restaurant & Bar and the Sunoco Station on East Main Street across the street from Compare Foods.

Witnesses told me  shots were fired into a white SUV and striking a woman.  Witnesses said her boyfriend drove her to Bridgeport Hospital in that SUV.  The hospital was on lock down as a precaution.

Police spokesman Av Harris told the Connecticut Post the woman was dead but our sources say the woman is alive as of 11:50pm.  As soon as I have confirmation either way in writing I will let you know.