A manhunt for the mass shooter who opened fire in an exam room at one of America’s top universities stretched into a fifth day on Wednesday with no apparent police progress in identifying a suspect or a motive.
The only new information from police at a media briefing on Wednesday was an appeal for a witness believed by investigators to have come close to the suspected gunman on the grounds of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.
The shooting happened Saturday, when a man with a rifle burst into a campus building at the Ivy League college where students were sitting exams.
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The man opened fire, killing two students then fleeing.
“Investigators are asking for the public’s help in identifying and speaking to the individual shown in these photos who was in proximity of the person of interest,” the Providence Police Department wrote on social media with images of an individual wearing a grey hooded sweatshirt and a dark overcoat.
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Suspect still at large as police release person of interest in Brown University shooting
Suspect still at large as police release person of interest in Brown University shooting
“They may have relevant information to the investigation,” Providence Police chief Oscar Perez told Wednesday’s briefing.
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