Five Students Shot in Pellet Gun Attacks on East Side
Saturday, December 17, 2022
Providence Police are investigating reports of five college students being struck in pellet gun attacks on the East Side of the city.
About Incident
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTShortly before 9 PM Thursday night, Providence Police said they received a call from Brown University Public Safety, who said that several students had reported being hit with gel pellets.
Three students told police they had been walking on Waterman Avenue between Thayer and Brook Streets when they were hit with pellets from a gel gun, shot from a car that then sped off.
The vehicle reported was a White Kia.
Providence police say two other Brown University students reported being hit by gel pellets on Fones Alley shortly after that incident.
Detectives are currently investigating.
Latest in Series of Attacks
In November, a juvenile was arrested at Hope High School after assaults were reported on the East Side that day.
There have been over a dozen incidents across Providence in the past year (see below).
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