On the evening of Monday, July 27, 2026, 18-year-old Leon Richardson was found dead in the driver’s seat of a Honda on Catherine Street in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Multiple 911 callers reported gunfire and a bleeding man inside a car; Richardson suffered a gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead at the scene. The location was between Washington and Harral Avenues.

Investigators from the Bridgeport Police Department’s Homicide Unit and Major Crimes Unit processed the scene, interviewed witnesses and sought surveillance footage. An anonymous witness reported seeing a red sedan on Catherine Street from which shots were believed to have been fired before the vehicle fled toward the highway. No arrests or suspects have been publicly identified and the case remains open.

Richardson, known as Lee, had just graduated from Bullard-Havens Technical High School in June 2026 with a certification in Plumbing and Heating and was due to begin a plumbing apprenticeship in the fall. If anyone has information about what happened that evening or the red sedan, please come forward.