Police say man took his own life at Slater Park

PAWTUCKET – Police say a man shot and killed himself in the wooded area behind the tennis courts at Slater Memorial Park at around 7 p.m. on Friday evening, May 17.

Officers responded to the park for a report of a despondent man who had been seen in the area brandishing a firearm.

As officers were arriving on scene, reports of gun shots could be heard. They subsequently found the man in question and said he had a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his chest. Officers made attempts at saving the man's life until Pawtucket Fire and Rescue arrived on scene. The victim was transported to Rhode Island Hospital.

At approximately 7:49 p.m. the 38-year-old man, a Pawtucket resident, was pronounced dead at the hospital.