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NORTH SMITHFIELD, R.I. — Police shot and killed
\n a man suspected of shoplifting from a grocery store yesterday as he
\n tried to flee in a minivan with his 5-year-old daughter.<\/p>\n
The officer opened fire after being struck by the suspect’s minivan, according
\nto a statement from North Smithfield Chief Steven Reynolds.<\/p>\n
Security personnel at the Stop & Shop supermarket called police about 2:15
\np.m. to report a shoplifter who had just left the store with another man. The
\nresponding officer confronted the suspect in the store’s parking lot.<\/p>\n
The suspect, identified by police as James Wilcox, 34, of Pawtucket, struck the
\nofficer as he tried to flee in his vehicle, police said. The officer, whose name
\nwas not released, fired one shot that struck Wilcox in the stomach, police said.<\/p>\n
Wilcox was pronounced dead on arrival at Rhode Island Hospital. The officer was
\ntreated and released. State child welfare officials were called to the scene
\nto take care of the girl. The other suspect, Carl Dinsmore, 45, of Cranston,
\nwas apprehended nearby<\/p>\n
from the Boston Globe<\/a><\/p>\n Jeez, if we had known they shoot to kill at Stop NORTH SMITHFIELD, R.I. — Police shot and killed a man suspected of shoplifting from a grocery store yesterday as he tried to flee in a minivan with his 5-year-old daughter. The officer opened fire after being struck by the suspect’s … Continue reading
\n and Shop we never wold have slipped that filet under our shirt that
\n sticky summer night after freshman year, broke and unemployed and
\n hungry . Next time, try Whole Foods – they don’t even kill their
\n lobsters. Oh yeah, when you’re dead there is no next time.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"