Jury finds Providence man guilty of felony assault and firearms charges

Published on Thursday, January 18, 2024

Attorney General Peter F. Neronha announced today that a Providence man has been found guilty by Providence County Superior Court jury of felony assault and firearms charges for shooting an 18-year-old convenience store clerk in Providence.

On Tuesday, January 16, 2024, following the conclusion of a four-day jury trial before Superior Court Justice Kristin E. Rodgers, the jury found Emmanuel Narcisse (age 21) guilty of one count of assault with a dangerous weapon, one count of discharging a firearm while committing a crime of violence, and one count of carrying a pistol without a license.

The defendant is currently being held without bail at the Adult Correctional Institutions (ACI) pending a sentencing hearing to be scheduled for a later date.

“Here we have yet another case at the intersection of the availability of firearms and those who seek to use them to violent ends,” said Attorney General Neronha. “This defendant used a gun to resolve a fistfight, and luckily, the victim survived to help bring his shooter to justice. I want to thank the Providence Police and the prosecutors in my office for their hard work and collaboration in this case and in countless others.”

During the trial, the State proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant shot the victim in the leg following an altercation at a convenience store.

On October 1, 2020, at 6:43 p.m., Providence Police responded to a report of a shooting at GI Joe’s Convenience Store on Smith Street. Upon arrival, officers found the victim inside the store bleeding from a gunshot wound to his right leg.

The victim told officers that he was working at the store when two individuals entered and one left without paying for a beverage. Further, the victim reported that he confronted the individual outside of the store, and a physical altercation broke out between the three men. Then, two more individuals joined the altercation, with one of them shooting the victim in the leg and then firing into the victim’s car before fleeing the scene.

Surveillance footage from the interior and exterior of the store, as well as from across the street, corroborated the victim’s version of events. Detectives identified the defendant through both the surveillance footage and witness testimony, ultimately arresting him on December 20, 2020.

Special Assistant Attorneys General Daniel Hopkins and John Kilpatrick of the Office of the Attorney General and Detective Mitchell Guerra of the Providence Police led the investigation and prosecution of the case.

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