Woman Shot in Head in Drive-By Shooting in Providence Thursday Night

Woman Shot in Head in Drive-By Shooting in Providence Thursday Night

Providence police are investigating a report of a woman being shot in the head in a drive-by shooting Thursday night in the city. 

About Incident 

Shortly before midnight, police responded to the Shell Station at the intersection of Elmwood Avenue and Broad Street for a report of a woman shot.

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According to police, they met with the victim, who was suffering from a wound that appeared to be caused by a bullet grazing her forehead. 

The victim was transported to Rhode Island Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Police learned the victim was the passenger in a vehicle driven by another female; both women told police they had been traveling on Elmwood Avenue when they heard shots being fired at them. 

The women told police the gunfire came from another vehicle.

Police canvassed the area where the women said they had been shot at on Elmwood Avenue, and located several shell casings. 

Detectives are currently investigating.