🌱 Police ID Victim Of Homicide + Money Given For Homelessness

Morning, Providence! It's Tuesday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on today in town.

First, today's weather:

Times of clouds and sun. High: 49 Low: 29.

Here are the top stories today in Providence:

1. Police continue to investigate after a man was shot and killed near Providence College over the weekend. The victim, identified Monday as 33-year-old James Owens, was shot multiple times Saturday night at his home on Huxley Avenue, according to Maj. David Lapatin. Owens was found in the driveway and rushed to Rhode Island Hospital where he later died. (WPRI.com)
2. Providence is allocating nearly $500,000 in federal pandemic relief funds to address homelessness in the city. Mayor Jorge Elorza and several city councilors announced last week that the money would go to Crossroads Rhode Island, a leading housing and homeless services organization, to operate a citywide mobile diversion program. Crossroads and its community partners will use the money to expand its mobile diversion and intervention programs, connecting with people who are either homeless or living in places unfit for human habitation to get them the help they need. (Westport News)
3. A Providence man was sentenced Monday to serve four years in state prison for illegal gun possession. (Turn to 10)
4. A Providence man pleads guilty to fraudulently purchasing more than $140,000 in supplies (WJAR)
5. Police are investigating a rollover crash on I-95 in Providence. (WPRI.com)

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Today in Providence:

• Chamber Café on the Road and In-Person - Chat. Connect. Collaborate. (8:30 AM)
• Discussions That Matter: Stability - Leadership Rhode Island (11:30 AM)
• Trustees Meeting - Pawtucket Public Library (4:30 PM)
• Olneyville Library: Movie Night! - Providence Community Library (5:00 PM)
• Vaccination Clinic Ages 5-11 - King - Providence Public Schools (5:30 PM)
• Haitian Cooking Webinar! (6:00 PM)
• Parent University: Support your child’s emotional development (6:00 PM)
• Paper People for Grownups: An In-person Creative Workshop (6:00 PM)

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— Miranda Fraraccio

About me: Miranda Fraraccio is a born and raised Rhode Islander. She works as a freelance copywriter for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and as an assistant producer for a live-lit storytelling show in Chicago. She holds a degree in Writing & Rhetoric and Communication Studies from The University of Rhode Island. In her free time, you can find her traveling, hiking, or photographing her neighborhood as a street photographer.