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Crime & Safety

Woman Shot at Stop & Shop Wednesday Afternoon; Gunman Fled [Update]

Police conducting manhunt in and around Colonial Village public housing complex, only blocks from the crime scene.

At 4:15 p.m., Police Chief Thomas Kulhawik said a witness saw the victim get in her car, followed by the gunman walking up to her car.

A struggle ensued, Kulhawik said, followed by a gunshot. The gunman fled on foot. The victim staggered out of her car and fell to the ground, he said.

Kulhawik said three K-9 officers were working the investigation, including one from Westport Police. (A later police broadcast indicated a Fairfield K-9 officer had joined the search.)

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Kulhawik said the woman, believed to be around 50 years old, underwent surgery at Norwalk Hospital, but he was unaware of her condition.

He said she is not a Norwalk resident.

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Earlier Story

A woman was shot in the abdomen Wednesday afternoon in a parking lot at the Super Stop & Shop supermarket at 385 Connecticut Ave. in West Norwalk.

The shooting was reported at around 1:45 p.m. Responding officers found the woman down in the store's east lot.

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She was transported by ambulance to Norwalk Hospital. A report on her condition has not been released.

A witness told police the gunman ran north across Connecticut Avenue into a shopping center that includes P.C. Richard & Son and Best Buy stores.

Based on a track followed by a police dog, police moved their investigation across Scribner Avenue into the Colonial Village public housing complex on Suncrest Road. As of 3:30 p.m., detectives and patrol officers were searching around residences in the housing complex as well as on Ivy Place, Freedman Drive and Quaker Road.

The gunman was described as a black male, 20-to-30 years old, 6-feet-tall, 200 pounds, clean shaven, wearing a black hoodie, dark jeans and black sneakers with white soles.

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