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GOOD EVENING.. I'M SONIA
BAGHDADY. ANN IS OFF
TONIGHT. I'M DARREN KRAMER.
BANGLADESH.. IN THE WRONG
PLACE.. AT THE WRONG TIME..
GUNNED DOWN WHILE VISITING A
FRIEND AT A BRIDGEPORT
CONVENIENCE STORE. THE
22-YEAR-OLD WAS ONLY THREE
WHEN HIS LIFE WAS CUT SHORT.
LIVE IN NEWS 8 CONTROL..
WITH THE DETAILS.. ANNIE.
WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED INSIDE
THE CONVENIENCE STORE IS NOT
YET CLEAR.. THIS MAY HAVE BEEN
AN ATTEMPTED ROBBERY.. THE
VICTIM DID NOT WORK IN THE
STORE BUT HE WAS FOUND BEHIND
THE COUNTER.. BUT WE'RE TOLD,
HE HAD JUST STOPPED IN TO SAY
HELLO TO A FRIEND.
THE DOOR TO LAYLA'S MARKET ON
FAIRFIELD AVENUE IN BRIDGEPORT
REGULAR CUSTOMER CAROLINE
COME HERE A LOT, I COME HERE A
LOT, YEAH, I COME HERE CAUSE
THEY GOT 89-CENT COCA COLAS
(LAUGHS) SO YEAH. BUT SHE
WASN'T LAUGHING WHEN SHE FOUND
OUT WHY IT WAS CLOSED. THAT'S
SAD, THAT'S SAD, NO, BUT I
DIDN'T EVEN KNOW, DIDN'T EVEN
KNOW.JUST 24 HOURS BEFORE..
THIS WAS THE SCENE OF THE
CITY'S 19TH HOMICIDE.
22-YEAR-OLD MOIN HASSAN WAS
GUNNED DOWN.. WHILE VISITING A
FRIEND WHO WORKS AT LAYLA'S.
POLICE SAY.. HASSAN'S FRIEND
WAS IN THE BACK ROOM WHEN HE
HEARD THE SHOT.. HE CAME OUT
TO FIND HASSAN LYING ON THE
FLOOR BEHIND THE COUNTER.
HE'D BEEN SHOT ONCE THROUGH
THE CHEST. HASSAN CAME HERE
FROM BANGLADESH TO STUDY
ENGINEERING AS A GRADUATE
STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
BRIDGEPORT.. AND A FEW BLOCKS
AWAY.. ON U-B'S CAMPUS.. THE
NEWS HAS SPREAD QUICKLY.
DANGEROUS AND I'M SCARED. BIN
*** IS A FRESHMAN HERE.. HE'S
ALSO FAR FROM HOME.. COMING TO
U-B FROM CHINA. HE SAYS, HE
HAD NO IDEA ANYTHING LIKE THAT
TIME I COME HERE AND I SAW THE
AREA'S BEAUTIFUL AND THERE'S
FLOWERS AND TREES AND NOW I
KNOW THINGS, I THINK JUST BE
CAREFUL, I'LL BE OKAY. A CRIME
THAT'S SENT SHOCKWAVES THROUGH
THIS BEAUTIFUL BEACHSIDE
MOURNING THE LOSS OF A LIFE..
TAKEN SO SUDDENLY.. FOR
SEEMINGLY, NO REASON AT ALL.
I'VE BEEN ON THIS STREET FOR
NEVER REALLY HEARD ANYTHING
LIKE THIS GOING ON.
NEVER REALLY HEARD ANYTHING
THE UNIVERSITY OF BRIDGEPORT'S
COUNSELING DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN
MADE AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS.
POLICE ARE STILL
INVESTIGATING. LIVE IN NEWS 8