Crime & Safety
18-Year-Old Shot In Face In Providence: Police
Officers responded to Rhode Island Hospital for a report of a gunshot victim, police said.
PROVIDENCE, RI — An 18-year-old was shot in the face in Providence, police said.
Shortly before 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, "officers responded to Rhode Island Hospital for a report of a gunshot victim," Kristy dosReis, the chief public information officer for the Providence Department of Public Safety, said in an email.
"An 18-year-old male stated that he had been shot at by unknown individuals, though he was unable to provide a location of the incident," dosReis said. "He sustained a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the side of his face."
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Police later determined the man had been shot on Montgomery Avenue near Alabama Avenue, according to dosReis.
"Detectives were notified and the incident remains under active investigation," she said.
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