West Warwick police investigate shooting, schools shelter in place as precaution

WEST WARWICK − The West Warwick police are investigating a shooting Monday morning on Tanglewood Court.

"We do not believe that there in any danger to the public at this time," the police said in a message posted to Facebook.

The incident prompted and elementary school, the high school and middle school to shelter-in-place out of an abundance of caution," according to West Warwick Schools Supt. Karen Tarasevich. The order was lifted at about 9:46 a.m.

At Tanglewood Village Apartments, Terry Lynn Golding recalled hearing the sound of "pop, pop, pop" as she prepared some coffee for her husband early Monday morning.

Soon after, she noticed a heavy presence of police officers, firefighters and their vehicles outside her apartment building.

She said she texted her friend Nichole Boyes and asked if Boyes had heard what sounded like gun shots.

"I heard that," Boyes recalled.

Boyes also recalled going outside and seeing a shot-up sedan in a parking lot to the ear of the management office/clubhouse a Tanglewood Village.

Boyes said that an adult man in the front seat of the car had been injured and taken to a hospital. A woman was in the front passenger seat, and a baby was in the back seat of the car. Boyes said she talked to the baby's grandmother.

Both Boyes and Lynn Golding referred to a photo posted on social media, showing the driver's side of a black car with numerous holes.

The high school and middle school went into shelter-in-place status, with nobody allowed to enter or leave the schools, on the advice of the police, Tarasevich wrote to parents.

"There has been NO incident at either school and all students and staff are safely inside the schools," Tarasevich said.

This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal: West Warwick police investigate shooting, schools take precautions