Brown College Capturing
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8:40 PM PT — In a significant twist … Authorities are releasing the particular person of curiosity within the Brown College mass taking pictures as a result of they’d “some degree of evidence” in opposition to him, however the “evidence now points in a different direction,” in line with Rhode Island Lawyer Basic Peter Neronha.
The particular person of curiosity taken into custody in connection to the Brown College taking pictures is reportedly a 24-year-old with U.S. Military coaching.
CNN — citing a number of legislation enforcement sources — has recognized the particular person of curiosity as Benjamin Erickson … a person from Wisconsin who served within the military from 2021 to 2024, in line with his LinkedIn profile, which has been taken down.
Erickson reportedly handed sniper coaching, labored in firearms instruction and in the end left the miltiary after having attained the rank of “specialist.”
A spokesperson for the U.S. Military instructed the outlet he was by no means deployed … and his social media signifies he served at Arlington Nationwide Cemetery.
Windfall Police Division
As you understand … an individual of curiosity was taken into custody Sunday morning at a Rhode Island resort the place he was reportedly discovered with a pair of firearms.
The POI’s detention got here after authorities launched video of the suspect fleeing the scene … making a pointy flip round a nook and preserving his head down in his all black outfit.
2 folks had been killed and eight extra had been injured after Saturday’s taking pictures which passed off in a constructing on the varsity’s campus. The taking pictures sparked a large police response and has led to vigils within the Windfall space.
