Kevin Rodrigues

Photos courtesy EPPD

EAST PROVIDENCE — The East Providence Police Department announced the arrest of a local resident on numerous weapons and ammunition charges as well as domestic violations.

EPPD took 37-year-old Kevin Rodrigues of East Providence into custody following an initial call for shots fired on City View Avenue off Pawtucket Avenue in the Kent Heights section of the city during the early morning hours of Saturday, Oct. 28.

Rodrigues faces the following charges:

• Rodrigues was arraigned Monday afternoon on the following charges:
• Discharge Firearm From a Vehicle
• Attempted Breaking and Entering (Domestic)
• Disorderly Conduct (Domestic)
• Vandalism (Domestic)
  Large Capacity Feeding Devices Prohibited (2 counts)
• Obstructing Officer in Execution of Duty

He was released on $10,000 surety bail.

According to the report issued by EPPD Public Information Officer Captain Michael Rapoza, officers responded to the area and located a spent shell casing in the roadway. After a brief investigation, it was learned that six shots were fired from a black vehicle before it sped from the scene.

The report continued, detectives investigated the incident and learned that Rodrigues had threatened to shoot various people and engage the police in a shootout. Investigators learned that Rodrigues operated a similar vehicle involved in the shooting and recently was in possession of several firearms.

A subsequent investigation revealed Rodrigues was involved in an attempted break and entering to an estranged family member’s home at a different location in the city in the early morning hours of Sunday, Oct. 29.

Members of the patrol and detective divisions were able to arrest Rodrigues outside of his residence on Fort Street without incident at approximately 5 p.m. on October 29.

A subsequent court ordered search warrant was executed at his residence. The following items were seized from Rodrigues’s residence:

• Approximately 700 rounds of pistol, rifle, and shotgun ammunition
• Two semi-automatic pistols
• One AR-15 rifle
• One shotgun
• Several large capacity magazine/feeding devices
• Two vials of Testosterone

A search warrant was also issued and executed on Rodrigues’ vehicle. Detectives located the same type of ammunition in the vehicle that was located at the scene of the shooting.