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.
Wilton game creator brings pizza to food insecure
Dec. 22, 2020
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Bridgeport residents receive a donation of pizza from Wilton board game creator Shahan Islam of CategoryTen on Dec. 20, 2020.CategoryTen / Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less
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Bridgeport residents receive a donation of pizza from Wilton board game creator Shahan Islam of CategoryTen on Dec. 20, 2020.CategoryTen / Contributed photoShow MoreShow Less
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WILTON On the cold and snowy Sunday afternoon of Dec. 20, Wilton’s CategoryTen founder Shahan Islam traveled to Bridgeport’s John Street Bridge with 200 slices of pizza, joining other organizations and individuals who bring food and clothing to the weekly gathering place of the homeless, hungry and food insecure.