US EditionPolice have person of interest in custody over Brown University deadly shooting
- Dec. 14, Providence Police detained a person of interest linked to the Brown University shooting that left two dead and nine wounded on campus.
- Saturday afternoon just after 4 p.m., the shooting occurred during final exams in the Barus & Holley building, which houses the School of Engineering and the Physics Department with outer doors unlocked.
- Surveillance footage from 184 Hope St. shows a man in black leaving toward Waterman, while shell casings and forensic teams help identify the suspect, Providence Police Cmdr. Timothy O'Hara said.
- Authorities ordered campus-wide sheltering on the Brown University campus and later lifted parts of the lockdown while a reunification center at the Nelson Fitness Center at 225 Hope St. operated and Sunday exams were canceled.
- Federal Bureau of Investigation and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives joined the probe, while Gov. Dan McKee and Rhode Island congressional delegation pledged support; Christina H. Paxson said `This is a deeply tragic day for Brown, our families and our local community.
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Deadly shooting at Brown University prompts campus lockdown
A mass shooting at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, left two students dead and nine others injured Saturday afternoon, sending the campus into lockdown as authorities launched a large-scale investigation. The attack occurred around 4:05 p.m. EST in the Barus & Holley engineering and physics building, a space crowded with students preparing for final exams. Providence police and university officials immediately ordered a shelter-in-p…
Person of interest in custody in Brown University shooting that killed 2
A person of interest was detained by police in Providence, Rhode Island in connection to the shooting at Brown University that killed two students and injured multiple other people. A shelter-in-place order initially put into place while hundreds of federal and local law enforcement searched for the shooter was lifted. Providence Police chief Col. Oscar Perez initially said the person in custody is in their 30s, but said at a later news conferen…
the detained individual is about 30 years old and was identified as a “person relevant to the investigation”, without confirming until now whether he has any link with the university.
One person was arrested Sunday, December 14, by the police in the course of the investigation into the shootings the day before at Brown University, who killed two and wounded nine students, all of whom announced the local authorities.
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