Police in Rhode Island say officers fatally shot a man in Providence after he led them on 20-mile car chase with his teenage daughter riding in the car. She was also shot, in the leg. The pursuit happened Friday night and began in the town of Burrillville and ended outside a hospital. Police said at a news conference Saturday that two police officers who tried to stop 40-year-old Michael Pinto and a hospital nurse also were hurt. The Providence officers and a Burrillville officer who had fired at Pinto are on administrative leave as state police and the attorney general’s office investigate.
Police officers in Rhode Island fatally shot a driver in Providence after chasing him over 20 miles in an attempt to arrest him. His teenage daughter, a passenger, was shot in the leg, police said.
Police unsuccessfully tried to stop Michael Pinto, 40, of Glocester, Rhode Island, for a motor vehicle violation Thursday in the town of Burrillville, said Stephen Lynch, town police chief. Pinto drove off after a brief chase. Burrillville police next saw Pinto on Friday night, now wanted on an arrest warrant accusing him of eluding police. They chased him again. At the time, Pinto was out on probation on an animal cruelty charge, the Boston Globe reported.
Police later saw Pinto's car in Providence and chased him before he got caught in traffic again. Another officer was injured while trying to get Pinto out of the car. Pinto had put his car in reverse, hitting an unmarked police vehicle, and then drove over sidewalks, hitting a nurse at a nearby hospital, Providence Police Chief Oscar Perez said.
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