BRIDGEPORT, CT — Bridgeport police are investigating the shooting death of a 48-year-old city man who was found with a gunshot wound on Cottage Street on Monday morning, Oct. 12. He was later pronounced dead at St. Vincent's Medical Center, NBC Connecticut reported.
The man was found lying in the street beside his car at about 9 a.m. near the intersection of Cottage Street and Park Avenue, and authorities told Patch he had been shot in the chest.
Detectives from the Major Crimes Unit kept that intersection closed for roughly two hours while they worked the scene, NBC Connecticut reported.
Det. Jeffrey Holtz said the death was Bridgeport's eighth homicide of 2026. No arrest has been announced. Anyone with information is asked to call Homicide Detective Elizabeth Santora at 203-581-5291.
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