The person of interest detained in connection to the mass shooting at Brown University will be released, Providence, Rhode Island, Mayor Brett Smiley announced.
Federal law enforcement officers had initially detained a 24-year-old man from Wisconsin after a manhunt for a suspect in the tragic shooting that killed two people and injured nine others. But officials stressed that evidence “now points in a different direction.”
It marks a stunning turn in an investigation that now leaves officials with little to go on. Gov. Dan McKee (D-RI) expressed uncertainty abut where it was headed, while Smiley said officials don’t know if the gunman left the state.
Smiley did say they are looking for “additional video evidence” after a short clip of the suspected shooter did not reveal his face.
He also maintained that there is no need for a reimposition of the shelter-in-place order.
“The status of safety in our community remains unchanged, and we believe that you remain safe in our community,” Smiley said.
The manhunt will now resume and stretch into this week after the shooting occurred on Saturday.
The shooting unfolded at around 4 p.m. then, with a lone gunman entering a classroom in a campus building and opening fire, killing two and injuring nine. Students at the Ivy League School were just starting final exams this weekend, which have since been canceled.
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