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Bullets Fly on Pleasant
Police to Add Uniforms to Street!
For the second time in two days a shooter fired gun shots on Pleasant Street. A window in an apartment in the Mt. Hope Court Apartments was shattered. A woman with 4 children, aged 15, 12, 4, & 2, who lives in the government subsidized apartment, said it was the second time a bullet had been fired into her apartment window.
No witnesses were reported. Does this mean that someone in Mt. Hope has a gun and is shooting it at people’s homes? Could it be that this person lives on or around Pleasant Street?
While speaking in person to a policeman on Sunday, in the early afternoon, Irene told me that she and the officer were interrupted by the officer receiving a call about shots fired on Pleasant Street. He responded urgently.
PPD’s Major Campbell was quoted as saying that additional police officers would be added to Pleasant Street . . .to deter any further violence.
Read complete ProJo article below.
Second bullet hits apartment; officers added to neighborhood
01:00 AM EDT on Wednesday, September 21, 2005
BY GREGORY SMITH and KAREN A. DAVIS
Journal Staff Writer
PROVIDENCE -- A bullet flew through a window in a Mount Hope apartment complex Monday night, and a mother says she is afraid for herself and her children.
Lisa Goddard, of the Mount Hope Court Apartments, 79 Pleasant St., said it was the second time that a bullet shattered a window in her apartment.
Both bullets probably were strays fired by troublemakers, she said yesterday.
Maj. Stephen Campbell, chief of the Police Department Investigative Division, said detectives are investigating the second incident, which occurred about 9:30 p.m. Monday. They will try to determine why the shot was fired and whether it was aimed at the building, he said.
"We are going to be placing additional officers on Pleasant Street, uniformed officers, an increased presence . . . to deter any further violence," he said.
Goddard said the bullet fired Monday broke a window, passed through a room where her two toddlers were sleeping, penetrated a wall and entered a second room. The bullet from the first shooting remains lodged in the wall where it struck.
The company that manages the complex covered the broken window with a plexiglass-like material, according to Goddard, but the company said it could not make a permanent repair for three weeks.
It is the only window in her children's bedroom, and the temporary cover will prevent air circulation, she complained.
Goddard, the mother of four children -- ages 15, 12, 4 and 2 -- has lived in the government-subsidized apartment for about 12 years. She said she would like to move but cannot afford to.
Posted at September 21, 2005 12:00 PM