On the morning of February 14, 2020, a dispute in a Bridgeport, Connecticut parking lot ended with the death of 57-year-old Philip Ingram. The confrontation began after a younger man, later identified as 22-year-old Victor Arroyo, became upset when Ingram’s car nearly struck him; Arroyo reportedly threw a bin at the vehicle and brandished a handgun. Just after 9 a.m. Ingram called 911 to report being threatened and said he was following the man. Bridgeport’s gunfire detection system then alerted officers to shots fired on Kossuth Street.

Officers arrived within a minute to find Ingram lying in the street with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to Bridgeport Hospital and died about an hour later; an autopsy found five gunshot wounds to the torso and lower extremities. Police identified Victor Arroyo from surveillance footage and arrested him in March 2020 on charges including murder and carrying a pistol without a permit. Arroyo had been fired from a city job months earlier after an alleged assault on a police officer at the animal shelter.

The killing left Ingram’s family mourning a man they described as good and kind. If anyone witnessed the confrontation in that parking lot or has information about the events on Kossuth Street that morning, please come forward.