Grand jury OKs state trooper's deadly force from 2022 shooting

Officers fatally shot suspect in Woonsocket after chase PROVIDENCE – Law enforcement officers' use of deadly force in an attempted arrest last year...

June 5, 2023
10:38 AM

Officers fatally shot suspect in Woonsocket after chase PROVIDENCE – Law enforcement officers' use of deadly force in an attempted arrest last year was found lawful and legally justified by a Providence County grand jury, the Attorney General's Office announced Friday. The grand jury investigated the actions of two Rhode Island State Police Detectives and a U.S. Marshal in the fatal shooting of Russell Dufault, 58, of Portsmouth, that occurred on April 27, 2022, on North Main Street in Woonsocket.

Stella Lorence