(Providence, RI) -- The Providence homicide death toll in 2021 has increased to seven. The Providence Police Department on Friday identified the victim of a shooting from the previous day as Nickolas DePanni of Smithfield. Police believe the shooting on Indiana Avenue was over an argument from a drug transaction. The Providence PD also said Brandin McKinney of Providence, who was shot in a car on Salina Street in the capital city on April 15th, died from his injuries last Wednesday.
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