Pawtucket Police Seek ID Of Man Who Shot At House

PAWTUCKET, RI — It was a Monday morning in April when a man or teen shot at a house on Chaplin Street in broad daylight. Now the Pawtucket Police are asking the public to help identify the suspect.

On April 15 at around 9:51 a.m., police responded to the area of Mendon Avenue and Ordway Street for a report of shots fired. Upon arrival, they learned that a home on Chaplin Street had been shot at multiple times. The house was occupied, but no one was injured, police said in a news release.

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Police obtained video surveillance which appeared to show a man approach the rear of the house and pull out a dark semi-automatic handgun. The suspect fired multiple rounds into the house and then fled through the neighbor’s back yard. He appeared to be a male, dark skinned, of a thin build, and in his late teens to early 30s. He was wearing a black face mask, bright white sneakers, black pants, and a black hooded sweatshirt with red lettering and a “Freddy Krueger” hand on the back of sweatshirt, the news release said.

The Pawtucket Police Department wants to identify the suspect, and released surveillance camera images.

Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Letourneau at 401-727-9100 ext 818 or email him at cletourneau@pawtucketpolice.com