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Construction Worker Shot To Death At Road Work Site In Bridgeport

updated: BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- A suspect was apprehended shortly after a construction worker was shot to death while on the job Thursday morning with a crew in Bridgeport's North End, police said. 

Gregory Weathers, 33, of Saunders Avenue, was arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of construction worker.

Gregory Weathers, 33, of Saunders Avenue, was arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of construction worker.

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The shooting happened at Chopsey Hill Road and Pond Street just after 9 a.m., police said. The victim worked for a construction company that was performing road work on Pond Street. The suspect was later identified as Gregory Weathers, 33, of Saunders Avenue. 

Witnesses said the suspect approached a company foreman and inquired about a potential job, police said. The foreman referred the individual to the company office to fill out an application.

The suspect walked away but returned and fired several shots without provocation, striking a different employee who was working in a trench along the side of the road, police said. He was pronounced dead at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport.

Two police officers were at the scene directing traffic and immediately chased the suspect on foot, calling in their locations to 911 operators. Patrol officers converged on the area and located the suspect hiding behind a house on Saunders Avenue, across the street from where he lives, police said.

Police recovered a handgun, and the suspect admitted to committing the shooting, police said.

“Officers reacted immediately and pursued the suspect on foot,” said Police Chief Joseph L. Gaudett. “Officers converged the area and the suspect was quickly arrested hiding behind a house on Saunders Avenue. Police recovered a handgun.”

Detectives were interviewing the suspect at Police Headquarters on Thursday afternoon.

At this time, no motive had been established, police said. The suspect and victim did not appear to know each other.

It was the second deadly shooting in two days in the area. A 32-year-old clerk at the nearby T Market on Reservoir Avenue was fatally shot multiple times in the torso during a robbery Wednesday. No arrests have been made in that homicide. 

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