On June 18, 2016, 22-year-old Kiplagott "Kip" Stewart Jr. was shot while sitting on a porch at the Hartford Park housing complex in Providence, Rhode Island. Stewart, a former basketball player at Mount Pleasant High School, sustained a critical head wound and was transported to Rhode Island Hospital. Despite medical efforts, he succumbed to his injuries on June 20, marking the city's third homicide of the year.
In the days following the shooting, Providence police arrested 21-year-old
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