Park Ave. Fire (Bridgeport, CT) 4/30/13

BRIDGEPORT, CT – Shortly before 10:30pm on April 30, 2013, the Bridgeport Fire Department was dispatched to the corner of Park Avenue and Worth Street for a house fire. Engine 3 was first on scene reporting heavy fire showing from 3rd floor A-side of a 2 ½ story wood frame. The home located at 1490 Park Avenue quickly turned to a crime scene when a shooting took place in a vehicle close to fire apparatus operating at the scene. The fire was quickly knocked down and confined to the front section of the 3rd floor, but a body was found in the debris a night later on May 1st. Police investigators are looking into this as a possible homicide.