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PROVIDENCE --- The Providence police are investigating an incident in which a 20-year-old Providence man says he was the victim of a drive-by shooting.

According to Maj. Thomas F. Oates III, police were called to 167 Oxford St. shortly before 9 p.m. There they interviewed Gregory Patton, of Mawney Street, who told them he'd been shot in the left leg while walking on Oxford Street.

Patton was taken to Rhode Island Hospital, where he told detectives he'd been shot on Broad Street, Oates said.

The police recovered a .22-caliber handgun from the floor at 167 Oxford St., according to Oates.

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