High on PCP, a man smashed a U‑Haul truck into Yale-New Haven Hospital on Sunday, then started shouting for treatment, police said.
Here’s what happened, according to police spokesman Officer Joe Avery:
A man drove a U‑Haul truck into the parking lot of the Yale Pediatrics building at Yale-New Haven Hospital on Sunday then smashed the truck into the hospital’s revolving door. He jumped out of the truck and started hollering to security that he had been poisoned by smoking PCP. The man shouted that he didn’t want to die. He was taken to the ER for treatment.
In other police news, according to Avery:
A 27-year-old man was shot on East Pearl Street on Saturday afternoon at 2:30. Investigating reports of a shooting victim, police found the man on the porch of a house on Chapel Street. He had a single gunshot wound to his right bicep. He told police he had been walking on East Pearl Street towards Brewery Square when three men ran up on him from behind. Without provocation, the men opened fire on him. The victim was taken to Yale-New Haven Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
At 6:21 p.m. on Saturday, officers responded to a report of gunshots on Houston Street. No victims or evidence were found.
A man told police he’d been robbed at Spring Avenue and Edgar Street at 8:40 p.m. on Saturday. He told police he was robbed by a group of four males and four females. On of the males had a gun, and ordered the victim to the ground. The muggers took $45 and a prepaid cell phone.
On Monday, at 1:55 a.m., police stopped a vehicle at the corner of Shelton Avenue and Gibbs Street. There were three people in the car. One was found to have a 9mm Ruger semi-automatic handgun. Another had a controlled substance.
Fire
A blaze erupted at 207 Dover St. on Friday night, causing the evacuation of the three-family house. No one was injured.
Here’s what happened, according to Fire Marshall Joe Cappucci:
The fire started at around 11 p.m in the second floor unit. It was caused by either a candle or “careless smoking” Cappucci said.
The second-floor tenant had been served with an eviction notice. There was no electricity in the apartment and the occupant had been lighting the apartment with candles.
When firefighters responded, they were able to extinguish the blaze in just 15 minutes. Two rooms on the second floor were gutted, and there was water damage to the first floor, and damage to the third.
The residents of the house were all put up by the Red Cross.