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June 26, 2008

Gunshot wound to torso killed Woonsocket youth, 17

A gunshot wound to the torso with injuries to aorta and liver caused the death of a 17-year-old Woonsocket male last night -- one of three victims of fatal shootings in three Rhode Island cities overnight.

The male was identified as Brandon Smith in a news release from the state Office of Medical Examiners this afternoon.

At about 10 last night, the police went to 45 Robinson St. in Woonsocket. A 17-year-old male had been shot and was taken to Landmark Meidcal Center, where he was pronounced dead, Chief Eric Croce said earlier today.

Croce said police have not ruled out drugs as a motive for the shooting; no arrests have been made, and police have no suspects.

This afternoon, Jason Horne, who said he lived in the first floor of the two-apartment house at 45 Robinson St., told a reporter that the teen had moved into the second floor apartment about six months ago to help the woman who lived there.

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