New Haven is scary. Look at this message from the Yale chief of police which I received yesterday morning:
I am writing to let you know of an attempted robbery and shooting last night involving four graduate and professional students in the yard of a house located at Mansfield and Tilton Streets. The students were approached by a man wearing a mask with a handgun who demanded money. In the ensuing struggle, the gun was fired and one of the students was injured. He is recuperating in the hospital. Yale and New Haven police have arrested the man, and he is now in the custody of the New Haven police.
I live at the intersection of Mansfield and Tilton. The shooting was at a house directly across the street from me. I was not home when it happened, but I am still pretty freaked out.