Month: October 2018

Flags At Half-Staff To Honor Bridgeport Sailor

HARTFORD, CT – Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he is directing U.S. and state flags in Connecticut to be lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Monday, October 8, 2018 in honor of U.S. Navy Water Tender 1st Class Stephen Pepe of Bridgeport, who was killed in action in the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 and whose remains were recently identified and returned to his family.  A burial with full military honors is being held Monday in Bourne, Massachusetts. [caption id="attachment_69844" align="aligncenter" width="618"] U.S. Navy PhotoWater Tender 1st Class Stephen Pepe[/caption]

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Bridgeport News: Man Shot Inside His Home From Outside Gunfire

11:30PMish--# Witnesses said it sounded like automatic gunfire the shots were fired so close together.  The gunfire appeared to be targeting a home in the 500 block of Harral Avenue with bullet holes in the home and cars parked in the driveway.  A man inside the home was hit in the shoulder as the bullets entered the home.  He was transported to the hospital,   Shell casings were found on the driveway behind Greene Homes from Washington Avenue.  

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Bridgeport News: Pursuit Into Stratford

2:02pm--#Bridgeport CT-- A silver Audi attempted to run down police officers and engaged them in pursuit on Stratford Avenue onto I-95.  The Audi got off exit 33 on Ferry Boulevard and then crashed at East Broadway at Willow Avenue near the Spruce Goose Diner.  One suspect was quickly apprehended.  The second suspect was apprehended a short time later.   This news report is made possible by:

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