Man, 24, dies after Bridgeport shooting
A Bridgeport man died after a shooting early Saturday, police said.
Twenty-four-year-old Bridgeport resident Raheem Lynch had left the Mystique night club on Main Street in Bridgeport at closing time. He was shot just a few doors away from the club. Police say a friend drove Lynch to St. Vincent’s Hospital, just half a mile from Mystique, where he was pronounced dead.
Police were alerted to the shooting by ShotSpotter as well as by multiple calls to 911.
Police found shell casings at the scene of the shooting but no victim. “A few moments later,” a police report states, officers were informed that a male gunshot victim had just been dropped off at the St. Vincent’s Medical Center emergency room.
The shooting has been declared a homicide. The motive is still unknown.
“This is an active investigation at this time,” the Bridgeport Police Department said Saturday morning. The department says anyone with information about the shooting should contact Detective Hanson at 203-581-5243.
Christopher Arnott can be reached at carnott@courant.com.
