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April 28, 2006

Man, shot by the police, 'rushed' at an officer

PROVIDENCE – A police officer shot a man at 101 Hanover Street this morning after the man rushed at a police officer with a baseball bat, Major Paul Fitzgerald said shortly before noon today.

Police are not releasing the name of the officer. Nor have the police identified the man who was shot, or a woman in the home who met a police officer at the door in tears. Police were called to the house by a neighbor who reported a lot of noise.

Fitzgerald said the woman was bruised, scratched and cut – “an obvious victim of domestic violence.”

A police officer first sat down in the house with the man. Then when the police officer attempted to arrest him, Fitzgerald said the man ran into a bedroom.

He returned with an aluminum baseball bat and “rushed at the police officer,” Fitzgerald said, “with the baseball bat cocked on his shoulder.”

An officer fired one shot, striking the man in the torso, Fitzgerald said.

-- With reports from Gregory Smith

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