NORWALK, CT — A 30-year-old man was arrested after police investigated a report of shots fired inside an apartment.
Norwalk Patrol Officers began investigating the incident at 1:12 p.m. on Jan. 15, 2026, after receiving a report of shots fired inside an apartment on East Wall Street.
Officers spoke with a complainant who reported that Christopher Bromfield had discharged a firearm inside the apartment during the overnight hours.
The investigation revealed that Bromfield fired the weapon while the complainant and a one-year-old child were present inside the apartment in a separate bedroom.
Members of the Norwalk Police Department Emergency Services Unit Tactical Response Team responded to the apartment complex.
Bromfield was located exiting the parking lot in his vehicle and was taken into custody without incident.
Officers recovered a .45 caliber semi-automatic handgun from Bromfield’s possession, along with 37 rounds of ammunition located inside his vehicle.
Norwalk Police Detectives subsequently applied for and were granted a search and seizure warrant for the apartment by Stamford Superior Court.
During the execution of the warrant, detectives recovered and seized four magazines fully loaded with .223 caliber blank ammunition, a rifle, a pellet rifle, and six boxes and an ammunition container containing various ammunition.
Bromfield, of Norwalk, was transported to Norwalk Police Headquarters, where he was processed.
He was charged with criminal possession of a firearm, risk of injury to a child, reckless endangerment in the first degree, violation of protective order, carrying a pistol without a permit and four counts of illegal possession of a large capacity magazine.
Bromfield was held on $500,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in court on Jan. 29, 2026.
