Crime & Safety

Man, Dog Shot in Bridgeport: Report

Police say that a woman was also kidnapped and found in Wallingford.

BRIDGEPORT, CT — City police are investigating after a man and a dog were shot on Federal Street and a woman was kidnapped early Monday morning, reports NBC Connecticut. Police say the y responded to Federal Street at 1 a.m. and found the man and a dog, named Stogie. Police later learned that a woman had been kidnapped, and was later located in Wallingford.

The woman told police that she and between two and three unidentified men drove up Rte. 8 and got to I-84 before exiting in Waterbury before the males ditched the car. The dog who was shot had no connection to the man shot or the woman who was kidnapped.

Wallingford police say the woman was driving around and unable to explain her location. She was found at the First Connecticut Credit Union in Wallingford.

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