The scene at Chapel and College streets in New Haven following an evacuation of several buildings at Yale University.
The bomb threat made to several buildings at Yale University in New Haven on Friday might be connected to bomb threats made to several colleges and universities over the weekend, according to New Haven police.
Just before 2 p.m. on Friday, New Haven police received a call to the non-emergency line reporting a bomb threat at eight locations at the university, police said.
Ten buildings were ultimately evacuated, police said, and the area was shut down for hours as the investigation was done.
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Over the weekend, Yale police contacted New Haven police and said the bomb threats are possibly related, New Haven police said.
Police said that the universities that also received bomb threats include Princeton, Stamford, Columbia, Brown, Cornell, University of Miami of Ohio and Ohio University.
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She said they are working Yale and the FBI in the investigation.
