Stratford police have released video showing a gunman open fire at the Penders Practice Field at Longbrook Park on Oct. 13. Town cameras captured nine muzzle flashes, which matched what police found when they responded to the "shots fired" call around 7:30 p.m.

"Patrol and detective bureau personnel recovered nine spent 45 caliber shell casings," said Capt. Jerry Pinto.

Pinto called it a "targeted incident" between two groups of three men, with one of them pulling his weapon within seconds of arriving. No one was hit, but the park wasn't otherwise empty. Local sports teams use the main field across the street.

"Soccer practice for Stratford High was active at the time, and there were a few other witnesses to the occurrence," Pinto told News 12. "Anytime you have shots fired like that out in the open there's a danger to the pubic."

Police didn't put anything out about the incident until Monday, one week later, when they went public with what town cameras at the park captured.

"I'm very concerned that I didn't hear anything. It's the first time I'm hearing this," said Celeste Ramirez, who lives in the neighborhood.

Ramirez wasn't the only one. Several people News 12 spoke with didn't know about the incident before we told them. A few said they saw the news online that morning, while one woman said last night, someone in a social media group asked if anyone had details. News 12 also received an email from someone whose family member was at soccer practice that night, asking why police hadn't put out anything when it happened.

"We were investigating the incident, like we normally do," Pinto explained. "Every incident is different. And we go about the circumstances as they exist, and it's now time for us to reach out to the public. But reading into that is not something I would do."

People who live next to the park or visit regularly called the violence a first.

"This is usually just dog walkers for the most part, but it's always quiet." said Bart Bunkoci, motioning to the practice field. "It's a little scary when you think about that."

"Everybody pretty much knows each other and stuff like that around the neighborhood. Nothing like this has happened," Ramirez told News 12. "It has me worried because I have kids myself."

The park is also right around the corner from the police department.

"I'm not going to get into what we have and what we don't have," Pinto said. "We're just hoping the public reaches out to us after seeing this video that we supplied and gives us some information we can act upon."

Stratford High School's principal, Jack Dellapiano said a notification about the incident went out to the community on Oct. 14, the following morning, but the school recently became informed not everyone got it. Dellapiano provided News 12 with an email that went out to parents today, explaining what happened:

"For nearly two weeks, emails that were sent out to school were not successfully delivered to the distribution list. I was notified of this last Friday, since then the Stratford IT Department has identified and let us know today that they have fixed the problem.

Please know that we take great pride in maintaining open and timely communication with our community. We sincerely apologize for this disruption and are actively working to resolve these technical issues to ensure our communication remains effective moving forward.

Thank you for your understanding, and we regret any frustration this may have caused."

Anyone with knowledge about what happened can reach out to Detective Rachel Crosby at 203-385-4122 or rcrosby@townofstratford.com.