PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — While the city starts to heal after the manhunt for the Brown University gunman came to a close, small business owners are hoping to eventually recover from the financial hit they’ve taken over the past week.
In the aftermath of the horrific mass shooting on Brown University’s campus, some say Providence’s East Side suddenly went silent.
Most students went home early, and for days, the weight of the tragedy and the fear of a killer on the run kept customers away.
“Business is definitely suffering,” Hannah Galan of Pothos Plant Shop said…