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The Providence police are investigating the shooting of two men on Harvard Ave. early this morning, according to a police report.

Called to 12 Harvard Ave. at 12:51 a.m., the police found Joseph Stanton, 28, on the sidewalk across the street from 12 Harvard yelling for help, according to the report.

Stanton said he'd been shot in the leg by a man who had approached him and his friends, said, "This is for my boys," then fired five shots toward them.

Stanton and three others had been sitting on a porch at 12 Harvard Ave. when the shooter approached, according to witnesses.

While they were talking to Stanton, the police were told that another shooting victim was inside 12 Harvard Ave. Coty Eldred, 18, who had been with the group on the porch, had also been shot in the leg, according to the police.

Both men were taken to Rhode Island Hospital for treatment.

No arrests have been made.

-- With reports from Journal staff writer Gregory Smith.

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Ernie said:

Gang wars, retaliation, call it whatever you want. The bottom line is these thugs are controlling the streets of Providence and it seems to be getting worse. Sooner or later, innocent people will be getting killed. The violence must stop!

Link | July 4, 2008 6:09 AM
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Urban code said:

What urban planner thought it would be a cute joke to name streets in the projects after ivy league universities like Harvard, Dartmouth, Princeton?

The violence must stop. (You go first.)

Link | July 4, 2008 8:30 PM
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