BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Two people are dead in a shooting in Bridgeport.
The incident happened at 1023 Main Street. The address is near the courthouse for the Fairfield Judicial District.
According to police, they were called at 1:56 am for a report of shots fired. When officers arrived, they say they found a Bloomfield man dead from multiple gunshot wounds in the basement. He has been identified as 40-year-old Norman Charles Peters.
Officers also found a 38-year-old Stamford man who was still alive and suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. The Stamford man was taken to St. Vincent’s Hospital but later died at the hospital.
Margaret Walker told FOX61 News Charles Barnes was her older brother and a father of four children. Walker stated Barnes had just been released from prison in February and she hasn’t spoken to him in six and a half years, but that he was a good brother growing up and a wonderful son to their mother, Margaret Barnes.
“My brother was shot in the back of his head, by anonymous, whoever you may be. We not really looking for retaliation as a family, we just want justice,” she said. Walker added that her brother Charles Barnes, “was a great father, a wonderful brother. My son is almost seven years old. He didn’t meet his uncle, he’s autistic. My brother died without knowing his uncle. He was in prison, he came home nonetheless. He came home and he was a father to four kids.”
Barnes, Walker told FOX61 News was released from prison February 11, 2021 one day after her birthday.
Police said during the time of this incident an illegal after-hours club was being run in the basement of 1023 Main Street.
Police said, "The B.P.D. Detective Bureau has taken over the investigation and are working several leads. As of 7:00 am a large crime scene continues to be processed along Main Street in downtown Bridgeport. Citizens should expect road closures on Main Street between Fairfield Avenue and John Street throughout the morning."
Anyone with information about this crime can call Detective Martin Heanue at 203-581-5242 or utilize the Bridgeport Police Tips Line at 203-576-TIPS."
During the day on Saturday, shots were fired near a youth baseball game at Newfield Park. None of the players were injured in the incident; it's unknown if anyone else was hurt. FOX61 News spoke with Ty and Tonicha Smith. The Bridgeport Mother and her 13-year-old son were at the game, as Ty’s team was playing against his twin brother’s team when Ty said he heard 16 gunshots ring out, and everyone went running as his mother tried to shield him with her body.
Politicians, parents, police, the mayor of Bridgeport Joe Ganim, Governor Ned Lamont, and other city and state leaders joined forces at a meeting to discuss ways to halt the violence and implement more accountability, as well emotional and financial resources.
Mayor Joe Ganim said, “I haven’t done enough. I dare say our state hasn’t done enough. We got to try better and that’s my commitment to you, for public safety and especially when it comes to our children.
Governor Lamont added the state would dedicate more resources to the city.
“We’re going to make sure the police have the social supports they need. We’re going to make sure social workers there as well. Make sure we’re dealing with this in a real way. And Mayor Ganim we’re going to be doing everything we can to give you the social support you need.”
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