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May 20, 2008

Alert: ME says gunshot wound killed Cranston firefighter

James Pagano, the 44-year-old Cranston firefighter who police say was killed by a neighbor Sunday, died from one gunshot wound to the torso with injury to the aorta, pancreas and liver, the Office of Medical Examiners said today.

Pagano and his wife hosted a birthday party Sunday for their young son. Children were playing in the street and, neighbors said, Nicholas Gianquitti, 40, came out yelling and swearing at them when a ball struck his car, the Journal reported.

Pagano, 44, a Cranston firefighter for 15 years who had been officially promoted to lieutenant just last week, rushed over to confront Gianquitti. Punches ensued. Witnesses reported hearing several shots and seeing Pagano, lying in the street, mortally wounded. Many neighbors and relatives began calling 911 that afternoon.

Pagano died at Rhode Island Hospital Sunday.

Read the Journal's full coverage of what happened Sunday.

-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney, with Journal reports

Posted by Mike McKinney  at 1:35 PM | Permalink

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