On the afternoon of February 6, 2023, 26-year-old Tyheem Scales of Naugatuck, Connecticut, was shot and killed around 2:19 p.m. on William Street in Bridgeport. Police were first notified by a ShotSpotter alert and then received calls about a person injured inside a vehicle. Officers found Scales in a car parked in a lot behind an address in the 900 block of William Street with multiple gunshot wounds; he was taken by ambulance to Bridgeport Hospital and pronounced dead on arrival. His death was one of two unrelated homicides in Bridgeport that day.

Family remembered Scales as warm and kind, an honor roll student at Central Magnet High School who had become an entrepreneur and was the proud father of a 4-year-old daughter. A cousin said police believe he was a random robbery victim, having been on the street for about three minutes to visit a relative when he was attacked. The police chief said the killing appeared specific to the individual or their actions and did not pose a wider threat, and urged anyone with information to call the department’s anonymous tip line.

If anyone knew Tyheem, saw him that afternoon, or has information about the shooting, please contact Bridgeport police.