Update: Shots fired from car while mother, baby on porch
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PROVIDENCE -- Multiple shots were fired from a car that drove by a Bergen Street residence twice early this morning, where a mother and her baby were among several people on the porch, according to a police report. As a result of the incident, the 9-month-old boy suffered a minor injury to the right side of the back of his head, according to police, and was taken by rescue truck to Hasbro Children's Hospital. The child had no visible external injury, Deputy Police Chief Paul Kennedy said this afternoon. A CT scan done as a cautionary measure found two metal objects, each about 2 millimeters in size, in the baby's skull, Kennedy said. The objects did not penetrate the skull or go into the brain, he said. Kennedy said it's not known what the objects are or how they got there. He cited a number of possibilities, from something richocheting off the house during the shootings to a unrelated incident in the past. The police said no other injuries were reported. The police had responded to 65 Bergen St. at 12:55 a.m. for a report of shots fired. Rashida Lovett, 27, told police she was holding her infant in her arms when, witnesses said, a dark, four-door older-model Oldsmobile or a 1994 Oldsmobile 88 with tinted windows drove onto Bergen from Regent Avenue. As the car drove past, about four shots were fired in the direction of those on the porch, according to the police report. The car turned around at Andem Street "for a second pass and fired approximately 5 more shots." The car then left, going onto Regent Avenue. -- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney A Buick in front of the residence was struck by shots in the driver-side window and the trunk. The police said witnesses described the occupants of the car the shots came from as four dark-skinned males. Several .25-caliber shell casings were located in the road at 65 Bergen St. Kennedy said the police have no specific suspects as of this afternoon. 
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"The police said witnesses described the occupants of the car the shots came from as four dark-skinned males."
surprised??????????????????
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What's happening to our Providence? shots fired every day, it's madness!
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To follow up on Bill C: shouldn't Americans start differentiating between skin tones? "Dark-skinned" is not exactly specific. Nor is it specific enough, for any parties involved.
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If your going to hang out on the porch at 1am in a neighborhood like that... atleast put your 9 month old baby to bed. If the baby is awake... get your ass inside the house and take care of your kid.
Unbelievable.
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If your going to hang out on the porch at 1am in a neighborhood like that... atleast put your 9 month old baby to bed. If the baby is awake... get your ass inside the house and take care of your kid.
Unbelievable.
Bill C, no its not a surprise. Dark Skinned are dominant in that neighborhood. And lets face it, its barely light skinned people who go around doing drive-by's. Not trying to sound racist, just look at history.
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