"PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- With the search for the Brown University shooter in its fifth day Wednesday, authorities were asking the public to review any security or phone footage from the week before the attack in the hopes it might help investigators identify the suspect, believing he may have cased the scene ahead of time. "We're looking for a moment that is shorter than someone taking a breath," Providence's police chief, Col. Oscar Perez, said at a Tuesday news conference."
"The request came after authorities released several videos from the hours and minutes before and after Saturday's attack showing the suspect standing, walking and even running along streets just off campus, but always with a mask on or his head turned. Although Brown President Christina Hull Paxson said there are 1,200 cameras on campus, the attack, which killed two students and wounded nine others, happened in a first-floor classroom in an older part of the engineering building that has "fewer, if any" cameras, Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha noted. Investigators also believe the shooter entered and left the building through a door that faces a residential street bordering campus, which might explain why the cameras Brown does have didn't capture footage of him."
Search efforts entered a fifth day as investigators urged the public to check security and phone footage from the week before the attack to find a brief identifying moment. Released videos show a masked suspect standing, walking and running near campus but with his face obscured. The shooting occurred in a first-floor classroom of an older engineering building with few cameras, and investigators believe the shooter used a door facing a residential street, possibly avoiding campus cameras. Authorities described the suspect as about 5 feet, 8 inches and stocky; motives remain unknown while neighborhood canvassing continues.
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