Crime & Safety
2 Stabbings Reported In New Haven, Police Say
Two victims were injured in incidents reported Monday afternoon and evening, according to police.
NEW HAVEN, CT — Police are investigating two stabbings that appear to be separate incidents.
The first was reported Monday at 2:55 p.m. at an abandoned building in the 200 block of Winthrop Ave.
The victim, a 35-year-old with no known address, was taken to Yale-New Haven Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
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"The victim provided several different accounts of the incident," police said in a statement.
Then at 6:06 p.m. Monday, officers were dispatched to Jennings Way and Pollard Street on a report of a stabbing.
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The victim, a 25-year-old man from New Haven, was taken by private vehicle to the St. Raphael's campus of Yale-New Haven Hospital. He had suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
He was in a vehicle on Jennings Way when he was "attacked by a male familiar to him," police said.
Police said the incidents appear to be unrelated.
Anyone with information on either case can contact detectives at 203-946-6304 or via the department's anonymous tip line at 866-888-TIPS (8477).
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