The person of interest detained in connection with Saturday’s deadly shooting at Brown University in the United States has been released, the mayor said.
Sources, cited in a CNN report, said earlier that the person of interest was found with a revolver and a small Glock handgun in his room at a hotel in Coventry, Rhode Island.
A CNN crew was at the hotel when law enforcement swarmed the location early Sunday morning.
The shooting left two students dead and nine others injured at the Ivy League school in Providence.
A vigil and community event were held at a local park Sunday evening, where the city’s mayor said residents could come together and “shine a little bit of light.”
Classes and exams have been cancelled at Brown as the campus reels from the shooting.
Another shelter-in-place is not recommended, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley said Sunday night.
“We do not feel it is necessary to, as I mentioned at the outset, in order to provide an enhanced sense of safety,” Smiley said.
The shelter-in-place order had been lifted earlier Sunday because there had not been another “additional specific threat to the Brown community.”
Officials had evidence, but not enough to prosecute anybody, Police Chief Oscar L. Perez, Jr. said Sunday night.
A tip had come in, Perez said, and the FBI “followed through with it, and they ended up coming and locating this individual of interest.”
That evidence was examined, and ultimately, the person was released, he said.
Mayor Smiley said they had no way of knowing if the gunman had left the state.
“We are searching for additional video evidence,” Smiley said.
If you have video, he said, please reach out to law enforcement.
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