Other incidents at the park:

Providence Police Investigating Stabbing at Dexter Park

August 12, 2021

https://www.golocalprov.com/news/new-providence-police-investigating-stabbing-at-dexter-park

"Police say the victim told them he had gone to the park to work out, when he was hit in the face with an unknown object and then assaulted by two males.

He said he was stabbed multiple times and robbed."

Teens charged in beating death of Providence homeless man

JANUARY 10, 2020

https://whdh.com/news/teens-charged-in-beating-death-of-providence-homeless-man/

"Four teenagers have been arrested in connection with the beating death of a homeless man in a Providence park this summer, according to police.
Three of the teenagers are 16 years old and one is 15 years old, police said Friday. The arrests stem from the death of 50-year-old Manuel Delacruz, who was assaulted July 23.
Police responded to the Dexter Training Ground park and found Delacruz, who told officers he had been assaulted by a group of juvenile males but didn’t want to press charges. He was taken to Rhode Island Hospital, where he died of his injuries the following week."