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June 26, 2008

Victim of Providence shooting ID'd as city youth, 17

Police have now identified the person killed in a Providence shooting last night as Virgilio Rojo, 17, of 470 Manton Ave., Providence, in one of a spate of deadly overnight shootings in three Rhode Island cities.

Just before midnight, the Providence police were alerted to an injured man at 124 Eastwood Ave., according to a statement earlier today released by Capt. Hugh Clements that did not identify the victim.

When officers arrived, they found a “young man” with a gunshot wound. The victim was taken to Rhode Island Hospital and pronounced dead soon after his arrival, according to Clements.

It is the city's seventh homicide of the year.

-- With reports from Journal staff writer W. Zachary Malinowski and projo.com staff writer Brandie M. Jefferson

Posted by Mike McKinney  at 1:16 PM | Permalink

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