Detectives searched a Mill Hill Avenue home under warrant early Tuesday after police detained several people seen entering it following the shooting, NBC Connecticut reported. The outlet said it was not clear whether the detained people would face charges. NBC Connecticut reported the warrant and detention details.
The victim was 38-year-old Bernard Fludd. Police found him unresponsive with a gunshot wound near Mill Hill Avenue and Barnum Avenue on Monday evening; he was taken to Bridgeport Hospital and later died, according to NBC Connecticut.
An alert reporting one gunshot on Barnum Avenue brought officers to the area around 7:30 p.m., and a separate caller on Mill Hill Avenue also reported hearing a shot, NBC Connecticut reported. Bridgeport police are investigating the death as a homicide, while the Major Crimes Unit processed the scene; the surrounding area was closed for several hours and later reopened, according to WTNH.
Fludd’s death was Bridgeport’s ninth homicide of the year, according to WFSB. Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact Detective Thomas Harper at 203-581-5239, the station reported.
