NY man tried to drown children at West Haven beach, officials say

West Haven Mayor Dorinda Borer speaks at a news conference near Prospect Beach in West Haven after police say a 41-year-old New York man tried to drown two young children early Saturday.
Video by Christian Abraham

[@howardj602]

For those unfamiliar with the location. Just down the beach a few hundred feet is a playground built to honor of the 20 children murdered at Sandy Hook.

[@oneshot7113]

Show his face. Whats his name? psychological conditioning. Real journalism doesn’t exist anymore.

[@vangroover1903]

Other reports suggested he was having financial struggles, so maybe he was underwater on his mortgage?

[@HermitRuledbyMercury]

I have no respect for our police chief so no I won't listen to his version! I don't know how he's still our police chief that's a change in office we need!!! I do have respect however for the officer that was the brave person that saved those children! I'm sitting here looking out my window at that beach and I googled my city and this came up!!! I'm so upset I pray for those children! I'm just right up the hill from there constantly living in West Haven crime!!!!

[@HermitRuledbyMercury]

22 years of living here in a crime riddled city!!! I could write a book!!! It's something everyday and it's always watching your back!!! And I can't count how many times children are involved!!!!!! Finally finally finally an officer doesn't turn a blind eye!!!!!!!!!

[@HermitRuledbyMercury]

I'm right now looking at that beach from my window . I don't know why my neighbors weren't even talking about this . I checked my email we didn't get a citizens alert , we should have . It's so hard to find out about anything going on in West Haven we're not even on the Lexus Nexus crime report anymore. I'm not on social media that information on there is useless anyway. I'm gathering as much information as I can and it's just so overwhelming. I've always said West Shore Fire department is the finest. I'm seriously shaking reading all about this I read the New Haven Register version. I'm glad they're patrolling the area again we lost our neighborhood patrol during Covid. Shout out to officer Miller!!! And the other officer and the other people at 2:30 in the morning while I'm laying right next to them sleeping y'all are out there kicking ass!!!! Thank You!!! Thank You!!!! I'm so upset I'm seriously shaking!! I can't imagine what y'all felt out there. That's scary that's water is cold and I can't stop crying for the children. I send them love and prayers for the children and their mother and family . God be with them 🙌

[@ElizaetteVirola]

​@HermitRuledbyMercury shut up u sound so weak