Yale Student Arrested on Gun Charges

The Frat Boy News daily campus police report for Wednesday:

Yale University (compiled by Courant.com)

A 21-year-old Yale College student has been arrested on weapons charges stemming from an incident at his off-campus residence in which a gun was fired and two illegal weapons were seized, Yale University police announced on Tuesday.

David Light, 21, of 36 Lynwood Place, was charged Monday with two counts of illegal possession of assault rifles, unlawful discharge of a firearm, reckless endangerment, threatening and breach of peace.

Light was arrested for discharging a handgun in his residence, Yale police said in a statement released by the university Tuesday afternoon. There were no injuries in the incident.

Police acting on a warrant searched the residence and confiscated the two, illegal assault weapons and nine other firearms from Light's residence. Ammunition and a supply of various chemicals purportedly belonging to Light were also confiscated.