Crime & Safety
Hamden Man Who Walked Into YNHH With Stab Wounds Wasn't Sure Where He Was Attacked: New Haven PD
NHPD cops said the man, 24, was "apparently intoxicated" and "not overly cooperative" and was actually stabbed in Hamden, not New Haven.
NEW HAVEN, CT — New Haven police responded, but the crime took place in Hamden, investigators later determined.
Sunday at around 11:30 a.m., New Haven police posted to "X" that they were "out with a stabbing victim at Yale New Haven Hospital."
In an update late Monday morning, police shared on social media that it turned out the stabbing incident did not occur in New Haven.
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According to New Haven police spokesperson Officer Christian Bruckhart, a 24-year-old Hamden man showed up at the hospital suffering from stab wounds.
"Apparently he was intoxicated and doesn't know where it happened," but police determined that the man was stabbed in his own city. "He was not overly cooperative," Bruckhart said.
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The man's injuries were not life-threatening; Bruckhart said.
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