Deron Dacosta, a 21-year-old Black man, was found with multiple gunshot wounds in a parking lot on Trumbull Avenue in Bridgeport on the night of April 4, 2023. The shooting happened around 11:30 p.m. in a residential area near the Trumbull Gardens housing complex. Officers responding after alerts from the city’s ShotSpotter system and several 911 calls discovered Dacosta unresponsive at the 600 block of Trumbull Avenue. He was taken to St.

Vincent’s Medical Center but was pronounced dead shortly after midnight on April 5, 2023. The Bridgeport Police Homicide Squad is investigating, canvassing the area and seeking witnesses. No suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced.

If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information, please contact the Bridgeport Police Department with tips, which can be submitted confidentially.