Suspect nabbed in fatal shooting outside Providence club
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By Greg Smith PROVIDENCE -- A suspect has been captured in the shooting death in Providence of a gang member from Boston whose gang, the police say, is quickly being whittled down by gunfire. Acting on an arrest warrant obtained by the Providence police, a fugitive search unit in Massachusetts today arrested Dana Gallop on a charge that he killed gang member Anthony Parrish, 24, of Boston, outside a Providence nightclub early Sunday, Dec. 14. Gallop, of 692 Massachusetts Ave., Boston, is a member of another gang in Boston, said Maj. Thomas F. Oates III, commander of the Providence police Investigative Division. Gallop killed Parrish, whose nickname was "Bundy" or "Bundl," as a result of a feud or dispute in Boston, Oates alleged. Parrish was a member of the so-called Wainwright Street gang in Boston, of which four members have been shot to death since Nov. 26, according to the Providence police. The most recent slaying was Monday night, in Boston. "Unfortunately, this was a Boston murder that visited Providence," Oates said of Parrish's slaying. The slaying of Parrish occurred at about 2:30 a.m. Sunday outside Passion, a nightclub at 6 Portland St., South Providence, where Parrish had been a customer. "He was apparently running away from some type of confrontation and he was shot" once in the back, Oates said. An innocent bystander, London Hardy, 36, of Malden, Mass., was wounded by a stray bullet as he stood outside a vehicle, speaking to some people inside, according to the police. A bullet penetrated his small intestine and he was hospitalized for a time. With the help of witnesses, according to Oates, the police identified Gallop as a suspect and obtained a warrant charging him with murder. A unit consisting of the Boston police, Massachusetts state police and U.S. Marshal's Office apprehended him in Somerville, outside Boston. Gallop, whose age was not immediately available, is being held in jail in Cambridge, Mass., and he is scheduled to appear tomorrow for an extradition hearing in Somerville District Court. If he waives extradition, he would be returned to Providence as soon as possible for formal arraignment tomorrow in District Court or a special arraignment before a bail commissioner at police headquarters on Christmas. "Providence police detectives continue to distinguish themselves by bringing people to justice, even when needing to reach across state lines," Police Chief Dean M. Esserman said in a statement. Detective Lt. Paul Campbell, Detective Sgt. Vincent Mansolillo and Detectives Daniel O'Connell and Michael Fallon have conducted the investigation in cooperation with the Boston police. 
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