Driver who crashed in Mass. town, killing 2, allegedly shot man to death hours earlier, police say

The driver who crashed his car in a Massachusetts town early Friday morning, killing two people, allegedly murdered a man in Rhode Island just hours earlier, authorities said.

Officers responding to a report of a shooting at a home at 289 Legion Way in Cranston, Rhode Island, just after 8:30 p.m. Thursday, found a man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, Cranston Police Colonel Michael J. Winquist announced at a Friday news conference.

The victim, identified by Winquist as 35-year-old Javon Lawson, was rushed to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead…

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