Surprise attack kills Bridgeport nursing student

A nursing student ran from her home Thursday night after being shot, but died despite friends? efforts to keep her talking until medics arrived.Police say 20-year-old Lynn Larsen and her boyfriend entered

News 12 Staff

Sep 16, 2006, 3:45 PM

Updated 6,593 days ago

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A nursing student ran from her home Thursday night after being shot, but died despite friends? efforts to keep her talking until medics arrived.Police say 20-year-old Lynn Larsen and her boyfriend entered her Pearl Harbor Circle apartment in the middle of what police are describing as a possible robbery in progress. According to detectives, a man in a hooded sweatshirt open fired on the couple and Larsen was hit. She stumbled to the street and collapsed as friends rushed to her side to keep her conscious, eyewitnesses say. Larsen was attending a local college and hoped to become a nurse.Early this morning, witnesses say they saw Bridgeport police confiscate a car. Meanwhile, detectives are asking anyone with information on the case to call 203-576-7917. Related Information:Manhunt on for gunman who shot, killed Bridgeport woman