On Friday, August 21, at around 3 p.m., police say a man flagged down a Bridgeport police officer and explained that he was the victim of a carjacking at gunpoint.
The victim said that he was out of his wife’s vehicle at Wood Avenue and Olive Street when a car pulled around his car and parked up ahead.
The suspect, a man the victim knows as “Boobie,” jumped out of that car and asked about money that the victim may owe him.
The victim told the suspect that he did not owe him any money, according to police.
The victim stated that the suspect then started to take out a handgun from his waistband. Seeing this the victim punched the suspect and ran away around the corner.
The suspect chased him and shot at him twice. Then he got in the victim’s wife’s car and drove off.
The stolen vehicle is a gray Pontiac 4-door sedan and the suspect is a black man wearing a white shirt and black shorts.
The black woman wearing the colorful skirt in the video is the suspect’s sister.
Anyone with information regarding this incident should contact the Bridgeport Detective Bureau at (203) 581-5201.