Providence Journal photo/ W. Zachary Malinoswki
Providence police officers stand outside a rooming house on Admiral Street after recovering a gun from inside the building and arresting two people.
PROVIDENCE -- Dozens of police officers flooded the city's North End on Wednesday afternoon after at least one shot was fired during an apparent altercation outside Luna Market, at 389 Admiral St., police said.
Det. Capt. Michael E. Correia said that there is no evidence that anyone was wounded in the gunfire that erupted shortly after 12:30 p.m. Uniformed officers, detectives and a tactical team followed a couple who may have been involved in the dispute to a large rooming house at 44 Grape St.
``It appeared to be some kind of altercation that escalated,'' Corriea said.
At the rooming house, Correia said, police searched an apartment and found a .45 caliber handgun in the a woman's purse. The woman and a man, who were not identified, were handcuffed and taken into custody.