Police UPDATE: Bridgeport Police Officers found a 24-year-old woman lying on the street injured and unresponsive on Black Rock Ave. at around 9:30 pm Tuesday night. Evelyn Rayo-Mairena, 24, of Bridgeport, was transported to St. Vincent’s Hospital where she later died. The department is investigating her death as a homicide.

Officers were initially dispatched to Black Rock Ave. on a report of an abandoned child on the front porch of a house. They located the child and then found the mother injured on the street a short distance away.

The child was transported to Bridgeport Hospital for evaluation.

Police are not providing details of the victim’s injuries at this time.

Homicide detectives have been working the case throughout the night and are following several leads.

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