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Police are searching for a suspect in a double homicide at an illegal after-hours nightclub in Fairfield County that was being run in a basement, according to police.
The double shooting murders took place around 1:55 a.m., Sunday, May 16 at the club located on Main Street in Bridgeport.
Police responding to a report of shots fired found a dead 38-year-old Hartford County man, from Bloomfield, in the basement at the club, Bridgeport PD Captain Kevin Gilleran said.
The victim had sustained multiple gunshot wounds, Gilleran said.
Officers also located a 40-year-old Stamford man in the basement.
When officers arrived, the man was still alive and suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, Gilleran noted.
Suspect At Large After Double Homicide At Fairfield County After-Hours Club
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Bridgeport official: Two sent to hospital with gunshot wounds
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Bridgeport official: Two sent to hospital with gunshot wounds
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BRIDGEPORT Two people were sent to a hospital “with non-life threatening gunshot wounds” Sunday, according to an official.
Those individuals were wounded “to the arm and the other to the face,” emergency management director Scott Appleby said. Following early morning report from the city’s ShotSpotter system, officials responded and saw the victims on Sheridan Street, according to Appleby.
Officials request those with information to contact Detective Santora at 203-581-5201 or the Bridgeport Police Tips Line at 203-576-TIPS.