PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island police officer has been placed on paid administrative leave while authorities investigate the officer’s actions during an outbreak of violence in Providence a week ago that landed a man in the hospital.

“We confirm that this investigation involves the use of a less lethal device,” according to an emailed statement late Monday from department spokeswomen Lindsay Lague.

The department said it could not be more specific on exactly what the device was.

The officer involved is a 13-year veteran of the Providence department, the statement said.

An adult male is being treated at Rhode Island Hospital, the statement said.

No additional details or names were released.

Several hundred people gathered outside the Providence Place mall on June 1 and in the predawn hours of June 2 went on a destructive rampage, breaking into the mall, smashing storefronts and burning a police cruiser.

The commander of the Rhode Island State Police has said that the vandals were not protesting the death of George Floyd, a black man killed by Minneapolis police last month, but were a “mob” seeking to cause destruction.

Nearly 70 people were arrested and about 10 police officers were injured during the mayhem.