Police identify man killed in shooting at Pawtucket cigar lounge
One man was killed and another was injured in a shooting outside a Pawtucket cigar bar early Monday morning, Pawtucket police say.
The shooting "appears to have stemmed from an earlier altercation" inside the Fab City Cigar Lounge at 1438 Newport Ave., the police said in a news release.
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Officers went to the lounge at 12:48 a.m. and found two men outside with gunshot wounds, the police said.
Both men were taken to Rhode Island Hospital, where one of them was later pronounced dead, the police said.
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On Monday afternoon, police identified the man who died as Qudus Kafo, 36, of Pawtucket, and the man who remains hospitalized as Bruno P. Vaz, also of Pawtucket.
The police ask anyone with information to contact Det. Doug Harrington at 401-727-9110 ext. 725 or email at Dharrington@pawtucketpolice.com.
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This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: Pawtucket cigar lounge shooting leaves Qudus Kafo dead and one injured
