PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Providence police have identified the 15-year-old that was shot and killed early Saturday morning.
Officers responding to March Street around 2:30 a.m. found Isiah Rosario suffering from a gunshot wound, according to Providence Police Chief Oscar Perez.
Rosario was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
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Perez says Rosario was a missing juvenile runway from New Hampshire, adding this incident an “extremely sad loss of a young life in our city due to senseless gun violence.”
“Any act of gun violence impacts our entire community, especially when it involves youth,” Providence Mayor Brett Smiley said in a statement.
No word on a suspect at this time. The incident remains under investigation.
