Juvenile Charged In Bridgeport Homicide

Bridgeport CT

19 October, 2021

8:48 AM

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BRIDGEPORT, CT — A Bridgeport juvenile has been charged in a homicide earlier this month, according to police. A 16-year-old was charged with first-degree manslaughter with a firearm and additional firearm-related crimes. Police received a call Oct. 16 reporting that Nigel Powell, 16, suffered a fatal gunshot wound inside a home on Valley Avenue. The incident was reported as a self-inflicted gunshot wound, but detectives determined that the shot had been fired by another person. On Monday, a 16-year-old was arrested after he turned himself into police. HOMICIDE ARREST pic.twitter.com/3k8TEXBU1k— Bridgeport Police (@bptpolice) October 19, 2021