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September 27, 2006

Update: Lincoln police investigate overnight shooting

LINCOLN -- The Lincoln police are investigating an attempted homicide this morning and are searching for a gunman who opened fire last night and shot a man in the head on Cobble Hill Road.

The police haven't released the victim's name. They say he was taken to Rhode Island Hospital after he was found on the side of the road with a gunshot wound to the head.

The man was being kept alive this morning in the hospital's intensive care unit, Police Chief Robert T. Kells said.

Cobble Hill Road was blocked off last night, and the police report that it will be closed for the morning commute from Lakeview Avenue to Louisquisset Pike.

Witnesses report seeing a blue/green Plymouth Voyager leaving the area on Cobble Hill Road last night toward Louisquisset Pike (Route 246), according to the police. The vehicle may have headed north on Route 246.

A witness told the police that he was walking home from the Lincoln Park slots parlor around 10 p.m. when he heard what sounded like fireworks. He later found the victim by the side of the road.

The shooting was reported to the police at about 10:15 p.m.

"We're thinking it could be drug-related," Kells said.

-- projo.com staff writer Kate Bramson, with reports from The Associated Press

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