By Richard C. Dujardin
NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Ronald Pacheco, 24, of 16 Langsberries Ave., was charged with carrying a pistol while intoxicated Sunday night after he arrived at Fatima Hospital with a gunshot wound to the chin.
Police said that while Pacheco refused to say how he was shot, they later determined through his girlfriend that he accidentally shot himself with a revolver while talking to her at her home around 1:15 a.m.
Pacheco was further charged with failing to carry a license for his pistol, firing in a compact area and disorderly conduct.