State Police announce arrests of Massachusetts, Rhode Island men after multi-vehicle highway crash, shooting

State Police have announced multiple arrests after a crash and shooting on a local highway.

According to police, on Wednesday, the Rhode Island State Police and its law enforcement partners made numerous arrests stemming from a highway shooting that occurred on December 29, 2025.

On December 29, 2025, Troopers responded to a multi-car crash on Route 95 South in the area of Smithfield Avenue in Providence. Reporting parties advised that the occupants of one of the vehicles involved had exited their vehicle and fled from the scene on foot. During the investigation it was determined that this was a targeted incident where one of the vehicles involved had fired approximately 19 rounds of gunfire at a second vehicle, which was struck approximately 10 times by gunfire. The two vehicles involved in the shooting incident then caused a motor vehicle crash with a third uninvolved vehicle. Multiple, non-life-threatening, injuries resulted from the initial shooting and subsequent crash. 

As a result of this investigation, suspects were identified and warrants were sought for their arrest.

During the early morning hours of Wednesday, the Rhode Island State Police, assisted by members of the Department of Corrections, Providence Police Department, Pawtucket Police Department, Cranston Police Department, Woonsocket Police Department, East Providence Police Department, Central Falls Police Department, Lincoln Police Department, Bureau of ATF, United States Marshal Service, Rhode Island National Guard Counterdrug Program, Massachusetts Violent Fugitive Apprehension Section, Massachusetts State Police, Springfield Police Department, Hampden County Sherriff’s Office and other law enforcement partners, executed numerous arrest and search warrants.

During the execution of the court-authorized search warrants, members of law enforcement seized considerable amounts of ammunition, firearm magazines, and digital evidence relating to the initial shooting incident. Fentanyl, cocaine, narcotics packaging equipment and cash were also seized.

Based on the evidence developed during this investigation and evidence gained during the execution of court-authorized search warrants, the following subjects were charged for their criminal involvement in this shooting:

Zachary Martins, age 26, of Springfield, Massachusetts

1) Drive-by Shootings

2) Using a Firearm When Committing a Crime of Violence – Resulting in Injury

3) Using a Firearm When Committing a Crime of Violence

4) License or Permit Required for Carrying a Pistol

5) Possession of Firearms by Certain Persons Prohibited

6) Conspiracy

7) Duty to Stop in Accident Resulting in Injury

8) Duty to Stop in Accident Resulting in Injury

9) Duty to Stop for Accident Resulting in Damage to Attended Motor Vehicle

10) False Report of a Crime

11) Obstruction of an Officer in Execution of Duty. 

Mr. Martins was taken into custody in Massachusetts and will be held pending extradition proceedings to Rhode Island. 

Troy Torres, age 20, of Providence, Rhode Island

1) Drive-by Shootings

2) Using a Firearm When Committing a Crime of Violence – Resulting in Injury

3) Using a Firearm When Committing a Crime of Violence

4) License or Permit Required for Carrying a Pistol

5) Possession of Firearms by Certain Persons Prohibited

6) Conspiracy

7) Duty to Stop in Accident Resulting in Injury

8) Duty to Stop in Accident Resulting in Injury

9) Duty to Stop for Accident Resulting in Damage to Attended Motor Vehicle

10) False Report of a Crime

11) Obstruction of an Officer in Execution of Duty.

Mr. Torres was transported to Headquarters for processing, was special arraigned by a Justice of the Peace, and turned over to the ACI Intake Center pending his arraignment at 6th Division District Court.

Jamari Bell, age 23, of Cranston, Rhode Island

1) Drive-by Shootings

2) Using a Firearm When Committing a Crime of Violence – Resulting in Injury

3) Using a Firearm When Committing a Crime of Violence

4) License or Permit Required for Carrying a Pistol

5) Possession of Firearms by Certain Persons Prohibited

6) Conspiracy

7) Duty to Stop in Accident Resulting in Injury

8) Duty to Stop in Accident Resulting in Injury

9) Duty to Stop for Accident Resulting in Damage to Attended Motor Vehicle

10) False Report of a Crime

11) Obstruction of an Officer in Execution of Duty

12) Possession With the Intent to Deliver a Schedule II Controlled Substance – Fentanyl

13) Possession With the Intent to Deliver a Schedule II Controlled Substance – Cocaine.

Mr. Bell is currently incarcerated at the Adult Correctional Institution and will be arraigned on his new charges at 6th Division District Court.

Joseph Carvalho, age 27, of Woonsocket, Rhode Island

1) Harboring a Criminal.

Carvalho was transported to Headquarters for processing, was special arraigned by a Justice of the Peace, and turned over to the ACI Intake Center pending his arraignment at 6th Division District Court.