Homicide Victim on East Side Just Earned Her Master's Degree
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Homicide Victim on East Side Just Earned Her Master's Degree
Police confirmed Monday that 24-year-old Warwick native Miya Brophy-Baermann was shot and killed early Sunday morning on Olney Street on the East Side of Providence.
According to Brophy-Baermann’s LinkedIn page, she recently received her Master’s Degree in Speech and Language Pathology — with a 3.94 GPA— from Northeastern University. She received her undergraduate degree from URI in 2019.
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Her mother is a professor at Rhode Island College.
Suspects Being Sought
Police say Brophy-Baermann, who had just celebrated her 24th birthday, was speaking with a friend at around 3:30 AM on Olney Street Sunday morning when a car came by at a high rate of speed — and fired shots and struck her.
She was taken to RIH where she was pronounced deceased.
Police believe Brophy-Baermann was not known to assailants and was leaving an after-party when she was shot.
“It’s horrible,” said Providence Police Major David Lapatin. “To be such a coward to shoot a gun out of a car like that..it’s incredible. We feel for the victim, like we do every victim here.”
Providence police are currently investigating.