New Haven Independent

Attacks On Read

by Melissa Bailey | May 1, 2007 5:10 PM | Permalink

Monday night saw two assaults on Read Street, a mugging on Chapel Street, and a carjacking on Greenwich Avenue … Over the weekend, a teen was shot in the torso and a baby, who arrived at the hospital in a stroller pushed up Howard Avenue, suffered sudden death…

Read on for more crime details, according to police spokeswoman Bonnie Posick.

A 43 year-old was robbed at gunpoint at Chapel and Chestnut Streets, 1:20 a.m. Tuesday.

A 19-year-old city man walked into Yale-New Haven Hospital Tuesday, saying he had been shot at midnight on Winchester Ave and Read Street.

At Shelton Ave and Read Street, at 3:23 a.m. Tuesday, a 22-year-old woman was approached by two men she didn’t know and was robbed of several personal items.

A man was carjacked at knifepoint at 11:53 a.m. at 384 Greenwich Ave. The car was later found, abandoned.

Over the weekend, an 18-year-old man was shot in his “mid section” early Sunday morning at 167 East St.

And a three-month-old baby arrived at the hospital Saturday afternoon, suffering from sudden infant death syndrome. The baby’s father told police he noticed the baby was non-responsive, and instead of calling 911, pushed it up Howard Avenue to the hospital in a stroller. The family is being cooperative in the investigation, police said.

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