Douglas Cooper

Death by Force

On the evening of March 22, 2014, a violent confrontation erupted on Canton Street in Providence, Rhode Island, forever altering the course of many lives. In the midst of a gunfight between two rival groups, 18-year-old Douglas Cooper, a Black/African American male, found himself in the crossfire of a volatile situation that would ultimately turn fatal. The chaos of the shootout attracted the attention of three narcotics officers from the Providence Police Department who were patrolling the area ...Read More

WPRI 12 Eyewitness News: Cops felt bullets ‘whizzing by’ in deadly shootout

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