Cause of death released for man shot on 95

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — The Rhode Island Medical Examiner’s Office release the autopsy of the man who was shot and killed by police on 95 in Providence last Thursday.

The autopsy showed that 32-year-old Joseph Santos died of a gunshot to the neck.

Providence and Rhode Island State Police fired shots to his white pickup truck near the Providence Place Mall.

Officials believed Santos was carrying a man who stole a police cruiser earlier in the morning.

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