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A 16-year-old boy has died following the shooting that took place in the area of Goffe Street in New Haven Friday afternoon, according to the city’s police department. During the shooting, police say a school bus was also struck by a bullet. NHPD is out with a shooting victim in the area of Goffe Street park. — New Haven Police...

A man was killed in a hit-and-run in New Haven early Sunday morning. Emergency crews responded to the 1400 block of State Street around 2:15 a.m. for a report of a pedestrian struck. Once there, police said they found 41-year-old Luis Timbila, of New Haven, in the road on State Street. Medical aid was provided, but he later died of...

An arrest has been made following a shooting that left four people injured, one critically, in downtown New Haven on Nov. 1. A 19-year-old woman is fighting for her life and three young men between 19 and 22 years old are hospitalized after 30 rounds were fired during the shooting. The investigation started when officers responded to reports of gunshots...

Three toddlers and two teachers were struck by a car near Wilbur Cross High School in New Haven on Friday. It happened in the area of Cold Spring Street. The children and at least one of the teachers were taken to the hospital. One toddler suffered a fracture, according to police. Another child was released from the hospital and there...

A 24-year-old man has died after his bicycle and a garbage truck collided in New Haven early Thursday morning. Police said the crash happened around 2:07 a.m. at Church Street and North Frontage Road. Nicolas Baltazar-Consepcion, 24, of New Haven was taken to Yale New Haven Hospital, where he died, police said. The driver of the refuse truck remained at...

A man who is accused of luring a girl who was under the age of 13 into his pickup, kidnapping her and sexually assaulting her in Waterbury is also accused of sexually assaulting a child in New Haven 10 years ago, according to New Haven police. New Haven police said they started an investigation in April into sexual assaults around…

New Haven police have arrested a man who is accused of assaulting a jogger at gunpoint and trying to force her into the woods last October and said they have also identified him as a suspect in a 2018 sexual assault case. At 6:16 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2023, police received a report that a man had approached a...

Police have made an arrest after they issued a warning about a man in a pickup truck trying to lure minors into the truck over the weekend. Police say a man in his 40s was driving the blue Chevy Silverado with Maine license plate 2342ZK. Police have not released any details on who they have arrested or what charges that…

Someone broke into the home of two Yale students in New Haven on Tuesday night and sprayed them with pepper spray after a struggle. Yale police said the attempted burglary happened on Lake Place just before 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. The stranger got into the residence and the two Yale students told him to leave after a brief struggle. After using…

New Haven police are looking for the public’s help to find a missing woman who suffers from paranoid schizophrenia. Denise Leary, 59, has been missing since Sept. 30. She was last seen at her home in the area of Rock Creek Road, according to police. Leary was wearing a black blazer jacket, black hat, dark blue jeans, black boots, and…

A 32-year-old man died in a house fire in New Haven Sunday morning. Firefighters responded to 516 Elm Street around 6:20 a.m. after getting a call about a fire, according to police. Crews arrived to heavy fire on the second and third floors. They found Kenneth Mims and performed CPR before rushing him to the hospital where he dead, police…

On Saturday, New Haven police shared an update on their investigation into a homicide at the Bella Vista housing complex. Officers responded to Eastern Street for a report of a shooting on Friday evening. A 56-year-old man was shot and killed, according to police. That man was later identified as John Reynolds. The New Haven Police Department says it received…

A student was assaulted at Yale University early Wednesday morning, according to Yale police. They said the student was walking in the area of Benjamin Franklin College on Prospect Street in New Haven around 12:10 a.m. when a man grabbed the student’s neck. The student was not hurt. The assailant appeared to be in his 30s or 40s and...

An investigation is underway after two police officers fired shots at a suspect during an investigation on the West Haven line with New Haven. Police said the suspect later died. It happened Thursday evening at the Splash Car Wash on Route 1 near Ella Grasso Boulevard, according to police. State police said the New Haven Violent Crime Task Force was…

Police are investigating after two people were shot in New Haven Sunday afternoon. It happened on Ivy Street in the Newhallville section of the city. Authorities said they are conducting a shooting investigation with two victims. One was taken to Yale New Haven Hospital and the other was taken to Yale’s Saint Raphael’s campus. A 20-year-old man from Hamden...

Someone tossed three canisters in the area around city hall in New Haven on Friday morning, which led to evacuations and shutting down city streets, officials said, and one person has been taken into custody. Officials said a city employee reported suspicious activity around 7:15 a.m. or 7:30 a.m. in the area of 200 Orange St., outside City Hall. According…

One person was injured in a shooting in New Haven on Sunday. New Haven police said officers responded to a reported shooting in the area of Orchard Street and Henry Street just after 10:15 a.m. Sunday. The victim suffered non-life-threatening gunshot injuries, police said. Further information on the incident was not immediately available. Sunday’s non-fatal shooting in New Haven...

Investigators are seeking information in connection with two non-fatal shootings in New Haven on Sunday. New Haven police said officers responded to a reported shooting on Quinnipiac Avenue just before 12:45 a.m. Sunday. A walk-in shooting victim arrived at Yale-New Haven Hospital shortly thereafter, police said. The shooting left the victim, a 47-year-old New Haven man, with several non-life-threatening gunshot…

A boat explosion in New Haven on Monday sent one person to the hospital. Firefighters and personnel from the state Dept. of Energy and Environmental Protection responded to a report of a boat explosion near 100 S Water Street around 6 p.m. According to fire officials, one person was transported to the hospital. The extent of their injuries are unknown…

Folks looking to take the train to either New York, Connecticut, or even Boston had to make adjustments Saturday after a power outage forced Amtrak service to shut down in part of the northeast Saturday. Amtrak said it had to halt services between Penn Station in New York and Boston South Station in Massachusetts for most of the day after…