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June 21, 2006

Update: 2 boys shot in Woonsocket; suspect held

WOONSOCKET -- Two boys were shot in an incident early this afternoon at West and Hope streets in the Constitution Hill section, police said.

A 16-year-old victim was shot in the lower back and does not have life-threatening injuries, Detective Lt. Timothy S. Paul said.

The police are still looking for the second victim, a 17-year-old male. An earlier report that he walked into a local hospital was inaccurate, according to Paul, who said the report was based on incorrect information to police.

A third youth who was with the two victims at the time of the incident, and who was not shot, is now at the police station.

A 16-year-old male suspect is in custody. Paul said a police officer caught the suspect running through Costa Park, a couple blocks from where the shooting took place.

The weapon police believe was used in the shooting was located in Costa Park. At least a dozen police officers were on the scene, working with the canine unit of the Adult Correctional Institutions and searching a wooded area. The search dogs are specially trained to look for guns.

-- With reports from Journal staff writer Cynthia Needham

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