Bridgeport Officer Opens Fire After Suspect Pulls Gun During Foot Chase
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April 4,2025
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Bridgeport, Connecticut — On March 31, 2025, at approximately 5:50 p.m., uniformed Bridgeport Police officers, including Officer Yoon Heo and Officer Erin Perrotta, responded to East Main Street on a report of a large fight. There was information that people had gathered in connection with a funeral. In addition, there was further information that there was a black Chevrolet Tahoe in the area whose occupant had a gun. Police located the black Tahoe parked at a store parking lot on East Main Street. There were two occupants. Officer Perrotta opened the passenger door and told the passenger, later identified as 38-year-old Dyshan Best, that he was going to be patted down. Best exited the vehicle and fled. He was holding a Rémy Martin liquor bottle in one hand.
Officers Perrotta and Heo pursued, and a foot chase ensued. At a gas station near the intersection of Beecher Street and Kossuth Street, Officer Heo deployed a Taser. Best continued to run losing his shoes as he ran through the gas station. The pursuit proceeded down Kossuth Street and into a driveway near 1420 Kossuth Street. By this time, Best had discarded the liquor bottle. As Best ran up the driveway, he displayed an object that appeared to be a gun in his right hand. Officer Heo fired his handgun two times, striking Best. Police recovered a gun next to the spot where he fell. It was a Highpoint Compact 9mm handgun. Officers immediately provided medical aid on scene and continued to provide aid until the arrival of the Bridgeport Fire Department. Best was taken by ambulance to Bridgeport Hospital. He was pronounced deceased at 7:41 p.m.
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