3 w. ago Suspect in Brown University shooting found dead inside storage facility

Search for shooter in killing of two students began anew after first person detained was releasedA man suspected in the shooting at Brown Universitythis weekend that killed two people and injured nine had committed suicide Thursday night, authorities said.The man was discovered dead at a storage facility on Thursday evening, the AP reported, citing a law enforcement source. The suspect is also believed to have killed a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor at his Boston-area home, the official said. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Two victims named in Brown University shooting as police continue search for killer

Two students, Ella Cook and MukhammadAziz Umurzokov, identified in shooting after authorities released sole suspect Brown University shooting – latest updatesTwo students who died in Saturday’s mass shooting at Brown University were being remembered Monday – as a manhunt for their killer continued following the release by authorities in Rhode Island of the sole person of interest detained in the case.Ella Cook, a second-year student from Alabama, was “an incredible, grounded, faithful, bright light”, according to the Cathedral Church of the Advent, Birmingham, which paid tribute to her at a service on Sunday. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Brown university shooting: hunt for suspect resumes as victims named – live updates

Tributes paid to two people killed as authorities search for a gunman who also injured nine others in Providence, Rhode Island, on SaturdayMore tributes to Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov came from the American Uzbekistan Association, who said he “was known for his sharp intellect, kind heart, and quiet willingness to help anyone in need”.The association wrote on Instagram, praising his “humility and compassion” as well as his “curiosity, discipline, and generosity”.More than a gifted student, Aziz was a beloved son, brother, and friend. He had a future filled with promise, and his life was cut short far too soon. His passing has left an immeasurable void in the hearts of his family, friends, classmates, and the broader Uzbek American community. On behalf of the American Uzbekistan Association, we extend our deepest and most heartfelt condolences to Mukhammad Aziz’s family during this time of unimaginable grief. We stand with them in mourning and are grateful to all who have offered prayer...

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4 w. ago Brown University shooting: authorities releasing sole person of interest

At least two people were killed and nine others injured in Saturday attack that occurred in engineering building on Providence, Rhode Island campusA person of interest detained after a mass shooting at Brown University that killed two students and injured nine is being released after the investigation took law enforcement authorities in a “different direction,” officials said Sunday night. The disclosure, made at a hastily convened late night news conference, represents a stunning turn of events in an investigation into killings that rattled the Ivy League campus, and came more than 12 hours after officials had announced that they had taken a person into custody.The Rhode Island attorney general, Peter Neronha, said of the man who was detained earlier, there is “no basis to consider him a person of interest.” Continue reading...

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4 w. ago 'Person of interest' detained over Brown University shooting is released

Attorney General Peter Neronha said the man spoken to by law enforcement officers about the shooting in Rhode Island was later released as evidence 'now points in a different direction'

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4 w. ago 'Person of interest' detained in Brown University shooting is named as 24

A man has been detained in connection with the shooting on Saturday in which two people were killed and nine critically injured, although he has not been named as a suspect or charged

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4 w. ago 'Person of interest' detained in Brown University shooting and later released

A man was detained in connection with the shooting on Saturday in which two people were killed and nine critically injured, although he has not been named as a suspect or charged and was later released

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last month Brown University shooting latest: Police say ‘person of interest’ detained after two dead and nine injured in attack

Ivy League says shelter-in-place order on campus lifted but police remain and still consider it an active crime scene

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