Providence Police Respond to Reports of Shots Fired, Seize Firearm

Providence Police Respond to Reports of Shots Fired, Seize Firearm

Providence police responded to reports of shots fired in the city on Saturday and early Sunday morning -- and seized a weapon.

Gun Seized

On Saturday after 2 PM, police were patrolling the Camp Street area due to calls for shots fired, and observed a vehicle with no front plate and broken headlight, and conducted a motor vehicle stop.

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Police spoke with the occupants of the vehicle, where police said marijuana could be smelled. Police removed the operator, who had a previous firearm arrest. Two other occupants were removed from the vehicle. 

While searching the vehicle police located a black PT111G2A Taurus .9mm inside of a black purse in the back seat of the vehicle.  All subjects were then placed into handcuffs.

The firearm had 1 round in the chamber and 9 rounds in the magazine.  Also, inside of the purse was contained another loaded magazine. The purse was seized and placed into property.

Police also seized one clear plastic bag of suspected marijuana which was later placed in the narcotics safe, located in patrol. Located in the trunk of the vehicle was a Ruger LCP box, which was seized and placed into property.

The vehicle driver, Elijah Jones, was held and charged by the Violent Crimes Task Force for possession of a firearm without a license.

Shots Fired

On Sunday morning at approximately 2 AM, police responded to Manton Avenue and Aleppo Street for a report of shots fired where a white vehicle was reported to have fled the scene at a high rate of speed.

Two subjects were observed by police running across the road and up the stairs to a home on Aleppo Street. At this time police followed the subjects up the stairs where he made contact with them before they were able to enter the address.

Police made contact with the male subject, and observed him to be "visibly nervous," and escorted the subject down to his marked police vehicle where he was patted down for officer safety, and felt a hard rectangular object with a flared bottom and a narrowed top that came to a conical point.

Police recognized this object to be a loaded magazine and retrieved it and placed the subject in handcuffs and then into the back of a marked police vehicle.

Police then located multiple spent 9mm cartridge casings on the ground.  Police then performed a patdown of the female subject then secured her in the back of a marked police vehicle. 

Police spoke to both subjects who stated that there had been an argument between two groups of girls at which time a firearm was brandished. Both subjects said that the parties had fled the scene prior to police arrival.

Both of the subjects and witnesses were interviewed by detectives and it was determined that there would be no charges.

Police transported the magazine to central station and submitted it into property.