BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (WTNH)– Bridgeport police are investigating a homicide after a man was found shot in the road on Friday morning.
Police say that just after 9 a.m., a call came into the Bridgeport Emergency Communications Center for a person possibly shot in the road in the 800th block of Kossuth Street.
Officers responded to the scene and found that 57-year-old Philip Ingram, of Bridgeport, had been shot and was critically injured. He was taken to Bridgeport Hospital where he died from his injuries.
An investigation revealed that there had been a verbal altercation between Ingram and another man before the other man brandished a weapon and followed Ingram, who had called police. While officers were en route to the scene, shots were fired.
The scene was processed by police and witnesses were interviewed.
Anyone with information is urged to contact Bridgeport police at 203-576-TIPS.
This is Bridgeport’s third homicide of the year.
