NEW: Mother, Daughter Assaulted and Bloodied at Providence Place Mall - 2nd Mall Attack in One Day

NEW: Mother, Daughter Assaulted and Bloodied at Providence Place Mall - 2nd Mall Attack in One Day

A second assault was reported to Providence Police at Providence Place Mall on Sunday, GoLocal has now learned. 

On Monday, GoLocal reported that two women were “jumped” in a mall bathroom shortly after 5:30 PM on Sunday; one woman was punched in the head. 

Now, GoLocal has learned that in a separate incident, a mother and her daughter were assaulted after trying to break up juveniles involved in a pillow fight at Macy’s on Sunday afternoon. 


About the Second Incident 

Shortly after 5 PM on Sunday, police responded to the report of the assault, and met with mall security and the victims. 

Police say one of the victims was “visibly beaten in the face” and bleeding.

The victims told police they were in the Macy’s when they encountered a group of juveniles engaged in what they said was an “aggressive” pillow fight - and said they asked them to stop. 

According to the victims, the group - which included female juveniles and a male juvenile - became “verbally aggressive” and followed them to the bathroom. 

The mother said one of the females grabbed her by the hair and began punching her and that another female suspect pulled her daughter to the ground by her hair.

Police say that two juvenile suspects were located at the mall and arrested.

According to police, one of the suspects had already been trespassed by the mall for a year after a prior shoplifting incident. 

The juveniles were taken to Central Station and turned over to the Youth Services Bureau, and will be charged with simple assault.