VIDEO: Fight Breaks Out at Providence Place Mall Saturday Night

VIDEO: Fight Breaks Out at Providence Place Mall Saturday Night

Providence Place Mall was the site of a major brawl between a group of teenagers and mall security.

"Providence place mall. 9 pm 12/28/19 looks like two groups of teenagers were arguing and was kicked out by mall security. One group didn’t take it all too well," wrote Darren Sen, who captured the incident on video.

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Providence Place Mall has been a site of gang-related violence.

In January of 2018, GoLocal reported:

The shooting at Providence Place Mall that triggered an active shooting warning was tied to gang activity according to multiple Police sources.

GoLocal's News Editor Kate Nagle was live at Providence Place Mall moments after the report.

At about 4:45 PM, a 19-year-old-man was shot in the leg in the parking garage at Providence Place Mall. Two men are being sought in the Mall and the facility was in lockdown and then ultimately shut-down for the evening.

According to police sources, the shooting victim was transported to Rhode Island Hospital for treatment.

The shooting is one of a number of episodes that have plagued the mall.

 

In 2016, GoLocal reported:

With two incidents of violent crime at the Providence Place Mall over the weekend, the question of whether or not the mall has a safety problem has been raised once again. 

A stabbing that took place outside the mall on Friday, February 12 was found entered on the City of Providence's new open data portal — but an armed robbery at knife point in the mall’s parking lot Saturday was still not in the new online database as of Tuesday.

Providence City Council President Luis Aponte spoke with GoLocal about the incidents — and his perspective.

“I think the owners of the mall and the police need to have a conversation on how to work better together to address these issues, so that this slight uptick in crime doesn't become an issue,” said Aponte. “I know the mall hires police detail -- perhaps they need to include the plan to include [the] exterior.”

A post on Facebook on the Providence Place Mall page inquired if the mall would be providing any additional information or footage from security cameras.