Suspect in Bridgeport deadly shooting was convicted of 1989 double homicide at Father Panik Village

When George Ortiz was arrested in the deadly shooting of Nelson Batista, Ortiz's warrant showed he'd previously been sentenced to 30 years for murder. We've now learned that conviction wasn't just for one victim. This was a double homicide. 37 years before George Ortiz was charged with shooting and killing a stranger in an apparent road rage incident, he took two other lives in Bridgeport. It happened in September 1989 at Father Panic Village, the state's infamous first public housing complex which has since been torn down Ortiz was 20 years old when police say he used a 22 caliber rifle to gun down two men during an attempted robbery the victims had been lured there Ortiz was convicted of both murders in 1992 and received two 30-year sentences but they ran at the same time it's crazy to know that somebody like this was out His lady's Cruz is Nelson Batista's sister Batista died October 12th after taking a bullet at the corner of Park Avenue and Cottage Street dash cam footage was critical to Ortiz's arrest in the case police say it shows the moments after Batista was shot in the chest you can see his rage especially when afterwards he hit my brother with the gun in the head Cruz says learning details of Ortiz's past only makes her family's loss harder to understand This guy has damaged multiple families, you know, and I really do hope that with this, he can not damage anymore. This is just unreal. Ortiz has been in custody on the current murder charge since October 19th. He's being held on a $5 million bond and returns to court November 3rd. In Bridgeport, Marissa Alter, News 12.