What We Know About The Person of Interest Arrested in Brown University Mass Shooting
Topline
Police have detained a man believed to be in his 30s as a person of interest in the deadly mass shooting on Brown University’s campus on Saturday that left two dead, ending an overnight shelter in place order hours after a shooter opened fire at the Rhode Island college.
Law enforcement officers on Brown University’s campus hours after the deadly shooting.
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Key Facts
At a Sunday morning press conference, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley announced a person of interest was in custody and the shelter in place order was lifted.
Providence Police Chief Col. Oscar Perez said he could only provide “limited” information about the person of interest so far, who he said was detained “earlier this morning.”
Earlier, a deputy police chief described the person of interest as a male, possibly in his 30s, and possibly wearing a mask, Reuters reported.
Perez confirmed the person of interest was in their 30s, but would not say where the person of interest was detained, or whether they were affiliated with Brown.
Law enforcement sources told the Associated Press investigators still haven’t recovered the gun used in the shooting, but did find two loaded 30-round magazines.
Smiley also said that seven of the nine victims were now in stable condition, while another was in “critical but stable” condition and another already discharged.
Brown cancelled all classes, final exams, papers and projects for the rest of the semester, Provost Francis J. Doyle III announced in a message on Sunday morning.
Key Background
Around 4 p.m. on Saturday afternoon, a gunman opened fire in a classroom on Brown’s campus in Providence, Rhode Island, killing two victims and injuring another nine people. Brown University President Christina Paxson confirmed the shooting took place in a classroom where a final exam review for a principles of economics class was taking place. A shelter in place order was issued for the area around the campus in the immediate aftermath. Few details were immediately released about the suspect, and police only shared grainy security camera footage of a person of interest dressed in all black clothing.
