Biker Gang Shoots Woman in Providence

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Biker Gang Shoots Woman in Providence

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Providence Police are investigating a shooting reportedly involving a biker gang in the city on Thursday. 

A female victim was shot and injured off of Chalkstone Avenue.

 

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About Incident 

Police responded to a call for shots fired on Hooper Place shortly after 9 PM Thursday night. 

According to police, they found a shell casing at the location.

Officers were then alerted there was a gunshot victim at Roger Williams Hospital, just blocks away. 

The victim — a woman in her 20s — had reportedly been sitting in a vehicle with a male, when a group of bikers had approached them.

The victims said when they went to drive off, they heard shots fired, and that is when the female victim realized she had been hit in the arm. 

They then went to the hospital. 

Detectives are currently investigating the incident.

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