Pastor Reports Shots Fired Into Providence Church on Sunday

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Pastor Reports Shots Fired Into Providence Church on Sunday

A pastor of a church in Providence reported Sunday morning that the building had been struck by gunfire. 

 

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Shortly before noon on Sunday, police responded to the Open Table of Christ Church at 1520 Broad Street for a call of shots fired into the building.

A main focus of the church includes assisting the community with feeding the hungry and visiting the infirmed. 

According to police, they met with the church pastor, who said his employee found a window with a bullet hole in it, and that several rounds hit the building. 

Police reported that the bullet that went through the window hit the wall in the church's library; another round hit a dumpster by the building.  

The incident is currently under investigation. 

 

Latest in Weekend of Violence

It marks the latest in a weekend of violence in the city.

A house was hit multiple times with gunfire, a baby was nearly hit in another shooting at a home, a man was shot coming out of a bar early Sunday morning, and a gun was confiscated following a fight outside the Foxy Lady. 

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