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« Update: Rocky Point has new owners / Photo | Today | Johnston mayor wants lawmakers to reconvene » October 1, 2007Update: 1 killed, gang leader hurt in separate shootingsPROVIDENCE -- One man was killed in a parked car early today, while a second man was wounded in a separate shooting in what the police suspect is the latest volley in a ongoing feud between rival street gangs. Police Maj. Stephen Campbell said the murder victim, Luis Abreu, was fatally shot as he sat in the driver’s seat of his black BMW sedan outside his first-floor apartment at 282 Ohio Ave., in the city’s Washington Park neighborhood. The shooting took place about 12:15 a.m., and Abreu was pronounced dead at the scene. He is the 10th person murdered in the city this year. Campbell said that police do not suspect that Abreu’s murder was linked to the shooting of Nirut "Shorty’’ Seng, 21, of 45 Hanover St., in the city’s West End. Seng, who the police described as a leader in the Young Bloods street gang, was shot in the buttocks about 30 minutes after Abreu was killed. The police say that he was sprayed with gunfire by a passing car as he climbed the front steps of his apartment building. Seng, who was taken by rescue to Rhode Island Hospital, has refused to cooperate with detectives and declined to file a complaint with the police department. The scenes of the shootings are about two miles apart. No arrests have been made in either case. Detective Sgt. Michael P. Wheeler, who heads the Providence Police Gang Unit, is very familiar with Seng and the ongoing feud between the Young Bloods and the Hanover Street Boyz. The police gang unit has been monitoring the actions of both groups for months. Both gangs are comprised of Asian, Hispanic, white and black youths who live primarily in the city’s West End and in Cranston. -- Journal staff writer W. Zachary Malinowski Last Friday, at about 2 a.m., police responded to 74 Hanover St. for a report of shots fired. The police gang unit learned that a member of the Young Bloods had moved into that address last month. On Sept. 8, Seng was arrested after police spotted him on the porch of 45 Hanover St. at 12:30 a.m. holding what appeared to be a sawed-off shotgun. Members of the gang unit, who were in an unmarked police car, bounded up the stairs of the address and handcuffed Seng. They found a .loaded 12-gauge Mossberg shotgun with what appeared to a be a sawed-off barrel. The police also seized a loaded Maverick pistol from beneath a couch cushion. Campbell said the charges were dismissed in District Court at the request of the police department after investigators determined that the shotgun was longer than the minimum length of a sawed-off shotgun. Upon further investigation, police also determined that Seng did not have a felony conviction and was within his rights to lawfully be in possession of the shotgun and the pistol. The Providence police remain in possession of both weapons, but Campbell said that Seng could petition the department for both weapons and he would probably be allowed to retrieve them. Seng’s address has been the site of multiple shootings this year. On Jan. 28, police responded to his 45 Hanover St. apartment for a report of shots fired. That same day, Vicheth Klakratok, a Young Bloods gang member was beaten and murdered near the corner of Cranston and Benedict streets. Five members of the Hanover Street Boyz have been charged with Klakratok’s murder and are awaiting trial. In August, there was an escalation of shootings in the city -- 20 overall -- and the police said that gang violence was responsible for many of the shootings. One of them occurred at 45 Hanover St. Police said that someone with a BB gun shot Jose Lopez, 18, in the chest. Posted by Mike McKinney CommentsLove | October 1, 2007 7:52 PM link Wheres the RISP organised crime task force now. cant say | October 1, 2007 9:27 PM link yea but according to the mayor and the chief crime is down in the ciry! RJ | October 1, 2007 10:28 PM link Police detectives and Street Gang Workers often talk to bystanders. While difficult, a better approach might be to approach the close friends and gang alliances of the victim (whether a homicide or close call). The idea is somehow divert the anger and retaliatory mechanisms. Any ideas? FLG | October 3, 2007 8:47 PM link It highly upsets me that the two incidents would be written about together; maken it seem like luis was in a gang. luis was a very hard working kid that everyone loved and cared about. he will be deeply miss; like no one can imagine. my heart cries out to his parents who are left with trying to figure out why this happend to their child who was a good young man. rest in peace Luis! jackie | October 3, 2007 11:09 PM link I was expecting a more detailed story about Luis. I can't believe the providence Journal only took one paragraph to write about his death and a whole page to write about a gang member. This only tells me that if you are not in street doing wrong, then no one has any thing to say. Luis will be missed deeply, but more importantly Where is the safety? Anny | October 9, 2007 12:12 PM link Post a commentPlease be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. 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My friend Luis was never in a gang he was a good kid that stayed out of trouble! he was a good friend and a good son! I am going to miss him! i cant believe where violence and the world is going just by going outside to move the car can leave you in death!