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Remembering the 24 people killed in homicides this year in Bridgeport
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Bridgeport police are investigating two shootings that occurred Sunday afternoon./
BRIDGEPORT A full moon hid behind a cloudy sky the night of the city’s first homicide of 2020.
The violence of a near-record 12 months of violent death in the Park City began with the killing of 38-year-old Abdul Hassan Lemon in the 90 block of Remington Street around 1:30 a.m. on Jan. 10. He had been shot multiple times. He was rushed to the hospital where he later died.
By the end of 2020, Bridgeport reached 24 killings. Of those 24 homicides, 21 were by gun, two by knife and one by strangulation.
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A man was arrested after allegedly refusing to stop for police and crashing into several vehicles in Fairfield County.
The incident took place around 6:38 p.m., Monday, Dec. 28, while Bridgeport Police officers were patrolling the PT Barnum Apartment Complex when an officer spotted a vehicle that was driving suspiciously and roll through a stop sign, said Scott Appleby, director of Bridgeport Emergency Management.
While initiating a traffic stop at the intersection of Wordin Avenue and Fairfield Avenue, the vehicle proceeded to speed away from the officer eastbound on Fairfield Avenue where it crashed into traffic coming off the highway, Appleby said.