PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Authorities said Thursday they are looking for a connection between last weekend’s mass shooting at Brown University and two days later near Boston that killed a professor at another elite school, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This is according to three people familiar with the matter who were not authorized to … Read more
By Maria Alejandra Cardona and Rich McKay PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Dec 15 (Reuters) – Authorities on Monday renewed a hunt for the gunman who killed two students and wounded seven others at Brown University over the weekend, after releasing a man who had been held on Sunday as a “person of interest” in the shooting. … Read more
Authorities say the “person of interest” held in the Brown University shooting is being released. “We want to inform the community that that individual will soon be released by the Providence Police,” said Mayor Brett Smiley in a surprise announcement made at 11 pm on Sunday night, December 14. Smiley urged anyone with information about … Read more
The person of interest held in connection with the shooting at Brown University, identified by law enforcement sources as Benjamin Erickson, is a decorated soldier who served in a position at Arlington National Cemetery, according to his LinkedIn profile. Erickson, a 24-year-old Wisconsin native, served as an infantry soldier in the United States Army, where … Read more