Bridgeport man charged in April 2020 homicide

BRIDGEPORT — A local man, awaiting trial in a Stratford home invasion and shooting, was charged Friday with an earlier fatal shooting here.

Calvin “40” Williams, 32, of Alanson Road, was charged with murder, conspiracy to commit murder and firstdegree reckless endangerment.

During his arraignment Friday afternoon, Assistant State’s Attorney Felicia Valentino urged Superior Court Judge Tracy Lee Dayton to set a high bond for Williams because of the allegations and his criminal history.

The judge agreed and ordered Williams held in lieu of $1 million bond. She continued the case to Dec. 10.

“I find he is a danger to the community,” the judge added.

According to police, shortly before 10 p.m. on April 2, 2020, they received a ShotSpotter activation of 19 rounds being fired on Trumbull Avenue.

Police said they later received information that a victim, 33-year-old Eduardo Jimenez, of Bridgeport, had been admitted to St. Vincent’s Medical Center with multiple gunshot wounds.

Jimenez was pronounced dead at the hospital.

Police said when they went to the crime scene, they found numerous bullet shell casings from two different guns.

Police said witnesses told them Jimenez had been visiting his girlfriend on Trumbull Avenue earlier in the evening and then had left her apartment and walked back to his car, a Mercedes sedan, parked in a nearby parking lot.

Police said he had just gotten into the car when he was approached by two men who began shooting into the car. The men then fled, police said.

Police said witnesses later identified Williams and another man as the shooters.

Williams is awaiting trial in Superior Court in Bridgeport on charges of first-degree assault, first-degree robbery, home invasion, first-degree threatening, carrying a pistol without a permit, possession of narcotics with intent to sell, reckless endangerment and risk of injury to a minor.

He is accused of breaking into a home on Birch Drive in Stratford on Sept. 3, 2020 and seriously wounding the female resident.

At the time of his arrest in that case, police said they found a large amount of ammunition in Williams’ home.

Williams was being held in lieu of $750,000 bond when he was arrested on the murder case.