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News Desk: Nine people were wounded Thursday evening in Rhode Island\u2019s capital in what police there believe to be the largest shooting in city history.<\/p>\nNews Desk: Nine people were wounded Thursday evening in Rhode Island\u2019s capital in what police there believe to be the largest shooting in city history.<\/p>\n
Of the nine, three had serious injuries and were \u201cmaybe critical,\u201d Providence Police Chief Col. Hugh T. Clements told reporters at the scene.<\/p>\n
He said multiple guns were used and it involved an \u201congoing feud\u201d involving two groups known to authorities. He said the shooting began with gunfire emanating from a vehicle, targeting a home. A person or people inside the home then returned fire. He described the participants as \u201cyoung men.\u201d<\/p>\n
The shooting took place just before 7 p.m. in the southeastern neighborhood of Washington Park, which Clements described as a typically quiet neighborhood.<\/p>\n
Clements said an estimated several dozen shots were fired. Evidence markers showing where more than a dozen shell casings littered the ground could be seen in the distance. Police sealed off the area.<\/p>\n
No arrests have been made. Clements stressed the investigation was in its early stages. Detectives were at the hospital interviewing the victims, who are between the ages of 19 and 25. Further details about their identities were not released.<\/p>\n
He said police have made strides to get guns off the streets and thus called the shooting \u201cvery disappointing.\u201d The suspects and the victims \u201cmight be one and the same,\u201d he said, without providing further details.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019ll be names you may recognize; we certainly know from police work,\u201d Clements told reporters.<\/p>\n
Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza also addressed media at the scene, fielding questions in both English and Spanish.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve spoken with a number of the neighbors, and everyone is shaken,\u201d he said, adding that he\u2019s promised extra patrols and security in the neighborhood for the coming days.<\/p>\n
Prior to this shooting, Providence had seen 19 gunshot victims and seven homicide victims by gunfire in 2021, Clements said.<\/p>\n
Elorza also exhorted city residents to stop using gun violence to settle feuds, and criticized the ready availability of guns.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis has to stop,\u201d Elorza said. \u201cThe young people involved, believing that the way to solve their disputes is with a handgun \u2014 I mean, that can\u2019t be the way.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
News Desk: Nine people were wounded Thursday evening in Rhode Island\u2019s capital in what police there believe to be the largest shooting in city history. Of the nine, three had serious injuries and were \u201cmaybe critical,\u201d Providence Police Chief Col. Hugh T. Clements told reporters at the scene. He said multiple guns were used and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":68822,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n