WOONSOCKET, R.I. (AP) - A Rhode Island man charged in a January shooting that led to the victim’s death months later has pleaded not guilty.
Claude Holland, of Woonsocket, was held without bail at his arraignment Friday on murder and other charges in the death of Christopher Archambault.
Police say the 26-year-old Holland shot the 40-year-old Archambault in Woonsocket on Jan. 13. Archambault survived but was paralyzed from the waist down.
He died May 16, and an autopsy determined he died of complications from the shooting.
Holland was arrested in May and indicted earlier this week.
Although they have not disclosed a motive, police say the men knew each other and Archambault was targeted.
Holland’s court-appointed attorney, Melissa Larsen, says her client maintains his innocence and looks forward to a bail hearing Monday.
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