A Stratford teen was
charged Tuesday in the fatal shooting of a 21-year-old
Bridgeport man in August.
Bridgeport police told News 12
the 18-year-old Edwin Abrams turned himself in Tuesday and
is facing a felony murder charge
in the homicide of Jamel Hayden.
Police say Abrams was one of four
suspects at the scene when Hayden was shot and killed late
last month over an apparent drug deal.
Abrams went before a judge Tuesday,
where he admitted to distracting Hayden at the time of
the shooting while also destroying a phone. The judge said
that Abrams is a danger to the community.
Abrams’ attorney, Darnell Crosland, told
the court that police have to prove this was a robbery. He
says his client was in the “wrong place at the wrong time."
“There's a theory that the police believe, that when they
look at all the evidence that they've collected, they believe that he was part
of an attempted robbery,” said Crosland. “So that's what we have to
address. He didn't have any ill-gotten gains. He didn't
take anything from the individual."
Abrams is being held on a $1 million bond
and is due back in court next month.