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12-Year-Old Killed In RI Shooting

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Providence police say a shooter opened fire on a group outside a house, killing a 12-year-old girl.

Lt. Dean Isabella of the Providence Police Department said Sunday morning that someone approached a group of women and the girl at about midnight on Saturday and began shooting.

He says it was not known if the shooter is a man or a woman.

The girl was declared dead at Hasbro Children's Hospital.

No other details were immediately available Sunday morning.

Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.

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