Bridgeport police are investigating the seventh homicide of the year in the city.
Kiaunte Ware, 32, of Bridgeport, was shot and killed on 6th Street on Wednesday morning, police said.
Police responded to Sixth Street, between Connecticut and Stratford avenues, 7:30 a.m. after received a rport of shots fired and found Ware in the driver’s seat of a rented Hyundai, police said. He had been shot several times.
He was transported him to Bridgeport Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Police have not disclosed information about motives or suspects.
There have been seven homicides this year in Bridgeport, including one fatal police-involved shooting, police said, and the city experienced a 25-percent drop in violent crime.
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