BUT FIRST--
BREAKING NEWS OUT OF
THE CAPITAL CITY--
WHERE A TEENAGER IS
DIED -- AFTER BEING SHOT
NEAR THE PROVIDENCE
CAREER AND TECHNICAL
ACADEMY THIS
AFTERNOON.
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THE SHOOTING
PROMPTED A MODIFIED
LOCKDOWN AT SEVERAL
NEARBY SCHOOOLS.
POLICE HAVE A PERSON
OF INTEREST IN CUSTODY.
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JUST A SHORT TIME
LATER--
POLICE WERE ALSO
CALLED TO REPORTS OF A
SECOND SHOOTING--
JUST A SHORT DISTANCE
FROM THE FIRST SCENE.
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THE PINPOINT
NEWSTRACKER TAKES
YOU TO SPRAGUE
STREET--
WHERE POLICE FOUND A
MALE JUVENILE ALONE--
WITH GUNSHOT WOUNDS.
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WE HAVE LIVE TEAM
COVERAGE OF THIS
BREAKING NEWS.
SHIINA LOSCUITO--
JUST SPOKE WITH
GOVERNOR RAIMONDO ON
THE SCENE.
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BUT FIRST--
LET'S GET RIGHT TO
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER KIM
KALUNIAN--
WITH THE VERY LATEST
ON BOTH SHOOTINGS.
KIM?
A SAD, CHAOTIC DAY HERE
UNFOLDING IN
WESTMINSTER SQUARE
OUTSIDE THE CAREER
AND TECHNICAL ACADEMY
RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO
CENTRAL AND CLASSICAL
HIGH SCHOOLS -- ONE
TEEN DEAD, ANOTHER
HURT -- ON THE SECOND
DAY OF SCHOOL HERE IN
THE CAPITAL CITY
POLICE SAY A SINGLE
SHOT RANG OUT
FOLLOWING A FIGHT
BETWEEN STUDENTS JUST
BEFORE 1 O CLOCK IN
FRONT OF THE
PROVIDENCE CAREER
AND TECHNICAL ACADEMY
--
POLICE SAY THE TEEN
WHO WAS SHOT HAS NOW
DIED -- ONE PERSON OF
INTEREST IS IN CUSTODY.
POLICE WERE LOOKING
FOR TWO YOUNG MEN IN
CONNECTION WITH THE
SHOOTING AS PARENTS
WERE TRYING TO PICK UP
THEIR CHILDREN FROM
SCHOOL, SOME STUDENTS
PUT ON LOCKDOWN -
AS POLICE WERE ON
SCENE ON FRICKER
STREET INVESTIGATING --
REPORTS OF ANOTHER
SHOOTING LESS THAN A
MILE AWAY ON SPRAGUE
STREET -- HERE POLICE
SAY ANOTHER TEEN WAS
SHOT IN THE LEG...THEY
WOULD NOT SAY IF THAT
WOUND WAS SELF
INFLICTED BUT THEY SAY
THE INJURY IS NON-LIFE
THREATENING.
TWO TEENS SHOT -- ONE
NOW DEAD ON THE
SECOND DAY OF SCHOOL
IN PROVIDENCE.
PROVIDENCE POLICE
CHIEF HUGH CLEMENTS
WALKED US THROUGH
HOW THE DAY UNFOLDED
Providence police officee, a
school
resource Officer is alerted
there's
disturbance outside the school
he
comes out he sees evidence of a
distrubance, a fight ...one
young
man introduced a firearm, one
shot
is fired and from all of the
witnesses,
the suspects flee up on
westminster,
we have a description and
shortly
thereafter there was a second
shooting 40 sprague street that
vicitm also goes to the
hospital. the
first vicitm from in front of
the school
tragically has died that young
kid
passed away and the hospital.
AND AGAIN ONE PERSON
OF INTEREST IS IN
CUSTODY. WE DID ASK
THE CHIEF DIRECTLY: IS
THE VICTIM OF THE
SPRAGUE STREET
SHOOTING THE SUSPECT
IN THIS DEADLY SHOOTING
HERE -- THEY SAID THAT IS
CERTAINLY UNDER
INVESTIGATION AND THEY
WILL BE WORKING ALL
NIGHT LONG TO PUT
TOGETHER THE PIECES OF
THIS CASE.
REPORTING LIVE IN
PROVIDENCE, KIM
KALUNIAN, EYEWITNESS
NEWS.
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THE SHOOTINGS TAKING
PLACE--
ON PROVIDENCE'S
SECOND DAY OF SCHOOL.
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AS WE SAW THERE IS A
LARGE POLICE PRESENCE
AROUND THE SHOOTING
SCENE.
EYEWITNESS NEWS
REPORTER SHIINA
LOSCUITO CONTINUES
OUR TEAM COVERAGE
NOW--
LIVE FROM PROVIDENCE--
SHIINA?
GOVERNOR RAIMONDO
WAS JUST HERE ON THE
SCENE.
SHE WAS ON HER WAY TO
AN EVENT TO TALK ABOUT
STUDERTS AND MENTAL
HEALTH IN EAST
PROVIDENCE WHEN SHE
RECEIVED WORD OF THE
SHOOTING.
SHE SAID WE NEED TO
ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF
STUDNRTS. AND KNOWS
PARENTS ARE
FRIGHTENED BY NEWS
LIKE THIS.
"Some mom and dad is going to go
to sleep tonight without their
son.
Just saying that puts a pit in
your
stomach. And our job is not done
until and all kids are safe and
all
teachers are safe and these
schools
are safe."
WE WILL CONTINUE
TRACKING THIS STORY
FROM PROVIDENCE.
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STAY WITH EYEWITNESS
NEWS.
WE WILL STAY ON TOP OF
THIS BREAKING STORY--
ALL NIGHT LONG.
WE'LL HAVE UPDATES AT
FIVE THIRTY AND SIX--
AS THE STORY UNFOLDS.
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