Providence
Young man shot to death in Providence
11:35 AM EST on Saturday, December 22, 2007
PROVIDENCE -- The police are investigating the 14th homicide in the city today after responding last night to a shooting in the Mount Hope neighborhood on the East Side of the city.
Providence police arrived at 9:46 p.m. and found the man lying in the road at Knowles and Jenkins streets, suffering from gunshot wounds, a police news release said. He was taken by rescue to Rhode Island Hospital, but died a short time later.
The name of the victim is being withheld pending notification of his family.
-- Journal staff
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