PAWTUCKET A 20-year-old man is the person who was shot to death in a vehicle on Benefit Street early Thursday morning, authorities said. Pawtucket police identified the young man as Jontel Tavares.
“The incident appears to have been a targeted event and not random,” detective Sgt. Theodore Georgitsis said in a news release.
Tavares was found in a vehicle after police officers and firefighters went to a reported shooting in the area of 151 Benefit St. around 1:15 a.m. Thursday, according to police.
The young man had a gunshot wound and he was taken to Rhode Island Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
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