"Providence authorities will release a "person of interest" arrested earlier on Sunday amid an investigation into the Brown University shooting. Officials said in a late night news conference that an investigation has taken them in a "different direction." The release suggests the suspected shooter remains at large. "We know that this is likely to cause fresh anxiety for our community," Mayor Brett Smiley said."
"Two killed, 9 injured after a shooting at Brown University in the US east coast city of Providence, Rhode Island Police said early Sunday morning that a 'person of interest' has been detained, only to announce by the end of the day he would be released Brown University president said she was told the victims were all students The shooting happened in an engineering and physics classroom during a final exam review session"
"Providence Police Chief Oscar Perez has said the person of interest who has been detained is in his 20s. Providence authorities had said previously that the person of interest was in his 30s. No other details about the person have been provided."
At least two students were killed and nine were wounded in a shooting at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. The victims were all students present in an engineering and physics classroom during a final exam review session. Police detained a person of interest early on Sunday but announced late that the individual would be released as the investigation took a different direction. Local and federal law enforcement agencies are working together. Providence officials said the release may cause fresh anxiety for the community. Brown University and the wider Providence community are in mourning.
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