Person of interest ID’d in Brown University shooting that killed two, injured 9

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Person of interest ID’d in Brown University shooting that killed two, injured 9
https://nypost.com/2025/12/14/us-news/person-of-interest-idd-in-brown-university-shooting-that-killed-two-injured-9/

The person of interest in the deadly mass shooting at Brown University has been ID’d as a 24-year-old man from Wisconsin who served in the Army and supported statehood for DC, law-enforcement sources told The Post.

Benjamin Erickson was nabbed ​before dawn Sunday at ​a Hampton Inn in Coventry, RI, ​after an 11-hour manhunt following a gunman open​ing fire at the Ivy League institution’s Providence campus during a final-exam study session Saturday.

Erickson, who ​is originally from Wisconsin, has lived in an apartment ​in Washington, DC, since 2024, with his voter registry showing a “statehood” party affiliation, according to public records.

Benjamin Erickson is the suspected killer. It happened during finals and on the eve of Hanukkah.

The shooting happened around 4:30 p.m. during a final exam review session at the Ivy League university for an economics class run by Rachel Friedberg, who also serves as a faculty associate of the school’s Program in Judaic Studies.

Friedberg’s research specifically focuses on economic impacts of immigrants in the US and Israel, with the professor previously serving four years on the faculty of the Department of Economics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, according to Brown.

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His support for DC becoming a state suggests that whatever he is, he probably is not the white Evangelical gun-nut MAGA Dems and Progs need him to be.

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Person of interest in Brown University shooting to be released from custody, officials say
https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/multiple-dead-several-wounded-after-mass-shooting-at-brown-university

Providence officials announced that they will release a person of interest from custody, as the search for the Brown University gunman continues.

Speaking to reporters Sunday night, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley said that the man who was arrested at a hotel in Coventry will be released from custody.

The killer remains at large.

[SVPete]

Officials provide update on Brown University shooting as manhunt for suspect continues

https://justthenews.com/nation/crime/watch-live-officials-provide-update-brown-university-shooting-manhunt-suspect

Providence police officials in Rhode Island on Tuesday provide an update on their investigation into a mass shooting at Brown University over the weekend, which killed two students and injured nine others.

The two students who were killed in the shooting on Saturday have been identified as Ella Cook and Muhammad Aziz Umurzakov.

One shooting victim remains in critical condition, two have been discharged from the hospital and the six others are in stable conditions, according to CNN.

Authorities are still hunting for the perpetrator of the deadly mass shooting, ...

OK, I live on the other side of the continent and do not have direct or inside knowledge, but it looks like either the shooter was amazingly skilled at concealing his identity, or Providence PD is pooing the screwch horribly.