Police were on the scene interviewing witnesses in Wooster Square Thursday morning following a reported attack on a woman in her home.
Here’s what happened, according to police spokesman Officer David Hartman:
Cops responded to a call at 3:58 a.m. about the attack, in a basement apartment on Academy Street. They found the woman, who’d been beaten by an intruder, with “wounds to her face and head.”
She was “rushed to Yale-New Haven Hospital for treatment,” where she was originally listed in critical condition. By 8 a.m., she was “up and speaking with investigators.”
Members of the department’s Bureau of Identification were on the scene collecting evidence. Detectives from the Robbery-Burglary Unit spoke with neighbors.
My heart goes out to the victim, and I wish her a speedy and full recovery. I lived on that corner for years, and while summer time does tend to have an uptick in crime, it had been getting better the last few years following great strides by NHPD and a few local community groups.
Have those efforts been reduced? Are there no longer police officers patrolling in the evenings/night time?