Jerome Roshaun Alexander, 25, was fatally shot shortly after 1 a.m. on Saturday, May 16, 2026, outside a bar near Beechwood Avenue and Howard Avenue on Bridgeport’s West Side. Alexander, a Black man who had recently moved from Bridgeport to Meriden, was leaving the establishment when multiple people opened fire. He was transported by ambulance to St. Vincent’s Medical Center and pronounced dead.

A 32-year-old Bridgeport woman was also wounded by a stray bullet while seated in a parked car on Howard Avenue; she was taken to Bridgeport Hospital with a minor shoulder injury. The Bridgeport Police Major Crime Unit closed the intersection overnight and reopened the streets around 6 a.m.

Family members described themselves as heartbroken and asked the community for help. No arrests or publicly identified suspects have been announced; the investigation remains ongoing. If anyone has information about what happened that night, contact lead homicide detective Laura Azevedo-Rasuk.