Benjamin's Pub Shooter Faces Charges in Mass, RI

The 43-year-old Fall River man charged with shooting up a Tiverton pub over the weekend faces multiple felony weapons charges in Massachusetts in addition to Rhode Island charges.

Following a drive-by shooting just before 11:30 p.m. on Saturday at Benjamin's Sports Pub, Fall River Police arrested Scott Campbell, 43, of 56 Warren St., Fall River, after witnesses identified his car from the shooting.

Campbell allegedly fired two shots at the bar from his orange Dodge Neon at about 11:25 p.m. on Saturday as he drove past the establishment. One shot struck the building's facade and was embedded in the wall while the other shot went straight through the bar's glass front door; shattering it and striking a 52-year-old Fall River patron in the back of the shoulder. Police responded in less than three minutes from the time of the original call.

Fall River Police tracked Campbell to his home two miles away from Benjamin's Sports Pub, which is located at 4 Stafford Road in Tiverton, and arrested him mere minutes after the shooting. Police reportedly saw spent shell casings in plain view inside Campbell's car.

Police read Campbell his Miranda Rights and subsequently searched his apartment where they found a  .380 caliber pistol inside a kitchen cabinet.

Fall River Police arrested Campbell and charged him as being a fugitive from justice, possession of a firearm without a license, and possession of ammunition without a license - all felonies.

Campbell will be arraigned on the Massachusetts charges on April 15 at which time Tiverton Police will seek extradition. If Campbell refuses to waive his rights to extradition, the case will be referred to the state Attorney General's office for prosecution.

Tiverton Police will charge Campbell with four felony counts: felony assault, firing a firearm from a vehicle, use of a firearm while committing a crime of violence, and carrying a firearm without a permit.