BRIDGEPORT – Just after 1:00 a.m. Sunday morning, Bridgeport Police Department was alerted of a Shotspotter activation and then a call for a possible party hit by gunfire in the 90th block of Calhoun Avenue.
Patrol officers responded to the scene, finding multiple shell casings. They were then alerted to a gunshot victim on Cottage Street.
Detectives determined that the 16-year-old female victim was a passenger in a vehicle and was shot in the head on James Street, and was then driven to Cottage Street.
The victim was then transported by medics to Bridgeport Hospital for treatment to a wound to her head that is not considered life-threatening.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call Bridgeport Police at 203-756-TIPS (8477).
This is a developing story.