PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — A 21-year-old man was arrested by Providence police Saturday after he allegedly threw fireworks from a second floor porch toward a group of church members in a parking lot.

Tyreese Laurum Chet is charged with three counts of felony assault after the alleged incident at 12:27 p.m. Saturday.

He is also charged with sale, use or possession of fireworks and use of dangerous or offensive instruments or substances to disturb public assemblies.

According to Providence Police Department representative Kristy Dos Reis, police responded to 417 Hartford Avenue Saturday for reports of fireworks thrown toward the gathering.

The police report says that arriving officers encountered a group of people gathered around a woman sitting on the ground with an apparent calf injury.

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