Man Reportedly Jumped by Three Assailants and Robbed Where Woman Was Killed in Providence
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Man Reportedly Jumped by Three Assailants and Robbed Where Woman Was Killed in Providence
The memorial for Brophy-Baermann on Olney near North Main. Photo: Anthony SionniA man was reportedly jumped — and robbed — on Friday morning just yards away from where the city’s latest homicide occurred on early Sunday morning.
About Incident
Shortly after 8 a.m. police responded to a report of a robbery at North Main and Olney Streets.
The victim told police he was jumped by three males.
According to the victim, the assailants took his backpack, wallet, as well as electronic devices.
The robbery location is in the area where 24-year-old Warwick native Miya Brophy-Baermann was shot and killed early Sunday morning.
Brophy-Baermann had just 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.
In addition, Brophy-Baermann had recently held a number of internships and fellowships prior to graduating, including working as a student clinician at Northeastern, East Taunton Elementary School, as well as at Encompass Rehabilitation Hospital in Braintree and at Reliant Rehabilitation in North Providence.
