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A New Haven police officer was shot after responding to a car crash early Friday morning and residents and two schools are sheltering in place as police search for the shooter. It happened on Chapel Street around 1:30 a.m., according to police. The officer, Chad Curry, a nine-year-veteran of the department, responded to the scene of the crash and the…

Yale Police say the search is on for whoever attacked a Hispanic man in what’s being called a suspected hate crime. It left him seriously hurt and it happened in a spot surrounded by the Yale campus. “It’s kind of frightening,” said Arantxa Galvan, a Yale sophomore. Students learned in a message from the university’s police chief that a...

Two New Haven police officers were placed on paid leave because of their response to an incident in which a man was seriously injured after an officer maneuvered to avoid a crash. During a news conference on Monday, police said 36-year-old Richard Cox was being uncooperative and sustained serious injuries during the incident. Hospital officials said he underwent surgery and…

Family and friends want justice for a 14-year-old who was shot and killed in New Haven. “That smile. That smile touched my heart,” Dayshawna Hargrove said. “That was my baby.” It’s the memory of that smile that Dayshawna holds on to. Someone shot and killed her 14-year-old son, Tyshaun, Wednesday night. New Haven police responded to a shooting on...