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11-09-2017, 06:55 PM
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Police Shootout 11/9/17
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A midmorning chase and shootout involving several police officers on busy Interstate 95 in Providence left one person dead and one injured Thursday. The shootout came less than two hours after a suspect being taken to court was left in a state police cruiser alone and stole it, driving it to a Providence neighborhood and abandoning it. Police initially said the shooting and theft were related, but then said later Thursday that the man who stole the police cruiser is not the same man who got into the shootout less than two hours later. One man was killed and a woman was injured in the shootout that happened around 10:45 a.m. Police have not identified them. A medical examiner's vehicle was spotted at the scene, CBS affiliate WPRI-TV reports. Police said several officers were chasing a white pickup truck with two people inside when the shooting happened on a stretch of the interstate that skirts the city's downtown and the Providence Place mall. A woman in the truck was injured and taken to Rhode Island Hospital in serious condition, Providence Public Safety Commissioner Steven Pare said. Pare said they're reviewing footage from body cameras the responding officers were wearing. No officers were hurt. "We are actively investigating all the circumstances. There are multiple officers involved in the shooting, and we have one person that is deceased," Pare said. Video posted online from witnesses show the driver of a white pickup trading gunfire with numerous police officers as it was trapped in by other cars. The truck sat riddled with bullets on the road Thursday afternoon as police swarmed over the highway looking for shell casings. Senior prosecutors from the state attorney general's office were also on scene, which is protocol for any officer-involved shooting, according to the office. The cruiser was taken around 9 a.m. Thursday during a traffic stop on Route 146, police said. Authorities still are searching for Donald Morgan, who is wanted for stealing the cruiser, said State Police Col. Ann Assumpico. He was being transported to court and was left alone and handcuffed in the vehicle when the trooper stepped out to check on an accident, she said. "I know the trooper did leave the vehicle for a short time," she told reporters. "I want to sort through it. ... You have to understand, when we come upon an accident on the highway, it is our duty to check on the welfare of the people." Morgan, a 35-year-old Providence resident, was arrested Wednesday on charges of obstruction and possession of a stolen motor vehicle, Assumpico said. The cruiser was found within the hour abandoned in Providence after police tracked it there with the car's GPS system, but the thief was not located. Police launched a search throughout the neighborhood and were seen searching house-to-house with rifles and dogs. Emergency management officials asked people to avoid the area around the highway and mall. A robocall from an emergency alert service to downtown Providence offices told people to avoid the area. "An incident occurred in the downtown Providence area. Multiple road closures and backups on 95," it said. |
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11-11-2017, 08:51 AM
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Re: Police Shootout 11/9/17
What a crazy fucker. Over 40 shots were fired by the cops. The dead man is 32-year-old Joseph Santos and the injured passenger 37-year-old Christine Demers, who is hospitalized. Providence Public Safety Commissioner Steven Pare said he couldn’t say yet why Santos was fleeing or how Santos knew Demers. Santos had two outstanding warrants. Donald Morgan was caught, according to multiple law enforcement sources. Arrested in Cumberland after a 2 day manhunt.  · |
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11-17-2017, 01:32 PM
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Re: Police Shootout 11/9/17
Funny cuz all the bystander videos showed was him pushing the vehicle a bit before the shooting started, turns out that asshole was completely out of control and got what he got  |
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11-19-2017, 10:23 PM
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Re: Police Shootout 11/9/17
I drove by the scene an hour after it happened. I saw all the bullet holes in the truck and knew there was a shooting. People in my state weren't too happy about what happen. They initially thought it was the other guy, that's why they were so aggressive, but he was ramming cars and almost hit the police with his truck so he had it coming. I think it was a little too many shots though.. |
