One person is dead after a weekend house fire in Providence and another died in a shooting, the first homicide in the capital city in 2022.
Firefighters arrived at the Hillcrest Village Apartments on Leander Street overnight Sunday and found a resident unresponsive.
The male victim, in his sixties, reportedly died from smoke inhalation.
Also overnight Sunday, a fatal shooting took place in the area of Elmwood and Potters Avenue. No names have been released.