A second teenager was charged with first-degree criminal attempt at robbery and felony murder on Friday in connection with the fatal shooting of a food delivery driver in Bridgeport, police said.
On March 4, police responded to the area of Boston Avenue and Palisades Avenue around 7:25 p.m. after getting a ShotSpotter activation and receiving multiple 911 calls reporting a person shot.
Officers located 36-year-old Jiabin Lin, a delivery driver for Yummy Yummy Chinese, lying on the ground near an apartment building at 1525 Boston Ave., according to police. Lin had been shot multiple times and was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
Bridgeport police chased down a 17-year-old suspect, placed him under arrest and charged him with interfering with an officer, assault on a police officer and carrying a pistol without a permit, according to police.
Detectives collected ballistic evidence from the scene that led to the 17-year-old being a “strong person of interest,” police said.
Using the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ National Integrated Ballistics Information Network, detectives matched the shell casings recovered at the scene to the firearm recovered from the 17-year-old suspect, according to police.
The 17-year-old is charged with murder, first-degree criminal attempted robbery and murder in the commission of a felony, police said. His bond was set at $3 million, according to police.
Police did not provide details about the 14-year-old’s role in the incident. He is being held at the Juvenile Detention Center in Bridgeport in lieu of $1 million bail, police said.
Information from Courant reporter Taylor Hartz was used in this report.
