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Gunman Flees After Greenwich Woman Is Shot at Norwalk Supermarket [Update]

Reports say shooting victim is a Greenwich woman.

 

Updated 9:45 a.m.:

A Greenwich woman is the victim of the early afternoon shooting in a Norwalk supermarket parking lot, according to published report.

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According to Greenwich Time, the woman is in her 50s and struggled with the lone gunman before she was shot in the stomach about 1:45 p.m. in the Stop & Shop supermarket at 385 Connecticut Ave. in West Norwalk. The identity of the victim, who was taken to Norwalk Hospital, was not released.

The victim reportedly also had a small dog inside the car.

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Update:

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

A struggled 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.

Kulhawik said the woman underwent surgery at Norwalk Hospital, but he was unaware of her condition.

Original Story

A woman was shot in the abdomen Wednesday afternoon in a parking lot at the 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.

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.

Local editor Barbara Heins contributed to this report.

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