The Providence Journal
NORTH PROVIDENCE Brian Cervini felt the urge to get a coffee as he navigated his Saturday afternoon in typical fashion.
Cervini, a master of auto body repair, had attended to a smashed Toyota SUV in the North Providence shop. Later, he had urged a colleague to go home to his family. Cervini would take care of the closing chores.
Off to Cumberland Farms he went.
There, in the store on Smith Street, a young man with a history of violence and no previous contact with Cervini stabbed the 60-year-old grandfather in the back and killed him, according to authorities.