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June 15, 2006

Police charge father and two others with murder

PROVIDENCE -- Providence police today charged three people with murder for their part in shootings that left one man dead and another seriously wounded.

The police allege the father and friends of 18-year-old Neffi Crisostomo, who was shot yesterday on Brackett Street at around 11 a.m., later shot and killed a 20-year-old man.

Police said that Neffi's father, Ramon Crisostomo, 60, of 11 Balcom St., believed that Richard Perez, 20, was responsible for shooting his son. Within an hour, Ramon Crisostomo had gathered two of his son's friends to look for Perez in the neighborhood.

Within an hour they spotted him riding a bike on Hamilton Street, according to police. Ramon Crisostomo and a 17-year-old boy pulled up to Perez and shot him several times, the police said. The third man was not in the car.

Perez died later at the hospital. Police said today they believe that Perez was indeed the man who shot the younger Crisostomo earlier that day.

Using a description of the vehicle from witnesses, police located Crisostomo's car early yesterday afternoon and arrested him, the juvenile, and 18-year-old Edward Luna, of 95 Emerson St., Providence. Police said they recovered the murder weapon at a nearby home.

All three were charged with murder and conspiracy to commit murder. Ramon Crisostomo was additionally charged with possession of a firearm without a license, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence, and a drive-by shooting.

The three are being held without bail their arraignment this afternoon in District Court.

-- With reports from Journal staff writer Richard C. Dujardin

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