Providence clubs closed after killings

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - In the aftermath of two recent homicides, city officials have moved to temporarily shut down two nightclubs in Providence.

The Board of Licenses acted Monday to close Club Passion and Level II pending an emergency hearing on Wednesday.

A Boston man, 24-year-old Anthony Parrish, was fatally shot early Sunday near Club Passion. A second man was wounded in the incident.

Twenty-two-year-old Jeremy Olearnick, of Norwich, Conn., was stabbed to death in a parking lot near the Level II dance club on Dec. 6. Two men were arersted in connection with that attack.

Both killings occurred at or shortly after closing time for the clubs.