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Arrest made in Spring Street homicide: Bridgeport police

Investigators arrested Roshay Williams, 46, Friday morning in connection to the shooting death of Akeem Shoucair-Grant, 37.
Credit: Bridgeport Police Department
Bridgeport police investigate fatal shooting on Spring Street.

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — An arrest has been made in connection to a shooting that took the life of a man in Bridgeport earlier this month.

Investigators arrested Roshay Williams, 46, Friday morning in connection to the shooting death of Akeem Shoucair-Grant, 37.

Around 5:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 11, Shoucair-Grant was shot multiple times in the 100 block of Spring Street, according to Bridgeport police. He was taken to a nearby hospital, where he died a short time later.

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Williams is accused of shooting Shoucair-Grant and leaving the scene in a car, police said.

Williams is charged with murder and criminal possession of a firearm and faces a $1.5 million bond. Police said he is scheduled to appear in court later Friday morning.

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