Rhode Island Attorney General's Peter F. Neronha's Office has cleared a Pawtucket police officer who shot and wounded a man wielding a replica rifle in June.

PAWTUCKET, R.I. (WPRI) — A new report has deemed a Pawtucket officer’s use of force “legally justified” in a shooting that injured a man last summer. The Rhode Island Attorney General’s office ...

Pawtucket Officer Thomas Letourneau “did not know for certain the firearm was a toy until the incident had concluded,” the report said. His body-worn camera was not activated when he shot Sebastian ...

PAWTUCKET — The shooting last June of a man holding a replica gun by a city police officer was “legally justified,” the Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office has concluded. Officer Thomas Letourneau ...