Crime & Safety
Gun Shot Through Patient's Window At Rhode Island Hospital
Providence police say they are looking for the shooter who fired through the seventh floor hospital window.
PROVIDENCE, RI — A gunshot was fired through a patient's window at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence Wednesday morning, according to police.
Providence police Commander Thomas Verdi said the shooting happened around 2:45 a.m., when a bullet went through a seventh floor bridge building, went into the ceiling and then ricocheted onto the floor.
Verdi said a patient was in the room at the time, but was not injured.
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Police searched the area for the shooter, but the suspect remains at-large.
"We did a very thorough search, but didn't find anything," Verdi said.
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Verdi said police believe the shooting was a random act and not connected to the patient.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Providence police at 401)-272-3121.
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