A 48-year-old Bridgeport man named Nelson Manuel Batista died from a gunshot wound after police found him beside his car Monday.
The call came in near Park Avenue and Cottage Street around 9 a.m. Officers arrived to find Batista on the pavement next to his vehicle. He was rushed to St. Vincent’s Hospital and declared dead there.
Investigators shut the intersection down for two hours while they processed the scene. Bridgeport police list this as the city’s eighth homicide of 2026.
No one has been charged yet. Detectives keep working leads to figure out how the shooting went down.
Batista’s name joins a growing tally that has neighbors talking. Local officers say they need the public’s help to close the case.
People with information should reach Homicide Detective Elizabeth Santora at 203-581-5291 right away.
The streets around that corner are open again, but the questions about Monday morning still hang in the air for everyone who knew him.
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