(Providence, RI) -- The Providence Police Department is investigating a fatal use-of-force incident along with the Rhode Island State Police and Attorney General's Office. Officers responded to a call about a man possibly under the influence and found Joseph Ventre in a park in the city's Hope section overnight Friday. Assistance from the fire department was requested, and the Providence Police Department says due to Ventre's erratic behavior, attempts were made to place him in handcuffs. He was later pronounced dead at Rhode Island Hospital.
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