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The Bristol Press - Bristol man allegedly admits to involvement in gang shooting

BRISTOL - A Bristol man arrested last week allegedly admitted to participating in a gang-related shooting on Davis Drive last year. Keith “Fleet” Gainey, 28, of 187 Surrey Drive, was charged Friday in connection with the shooting of 34-year-old Vanessa Vazquez, of Terryville, who was shot six times in the upper torso on July 11, 2016. Gainey, the second suspect to be arrested in the case, is facing charges of attempted murder, first-degree assault, illegally discharging a firearm, carrying a pistol without a permit and first- degree reckless endangerment . The day of the shooting, Vazquez was on Davis Drive visiting her friend, Christopher “Little” Solis, according to the arrest warrant affidavit . The warrant also said Vazquez has “strong ties” to the “DooWop” street gang - which reportedly controls the Cambridge Park housing unit - and Solis is a part of it. During the investigation, police were allegedly told by an informant that Gainey admitted to him that he had shot Vazqu...