Brown University Shooting
Person of Interest Reportedly Had Army Training
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The particular person of curiosity taken into custody in connection to the Brown University taking pictures is reportedly a 24-year-old with U.S. Army coaching.
CNN — citing a number of regulation enforcement sources — has recognized the particular person of curiosity as Benjamin Erickson … a person from Wisconsin who served within the military from 2021 to 2024, based on his LinkedIn profile, which has been taken down.
Erickson reportedly handed sniper coaching, labored in firearms instruction and in the end left the miltiary after having attained the rank of “specialist.”
A spokesperson for the U.S. Army instructed the outlet he was by no means deployed … and his social media signifies he served at Arlington National Cemetery.
Providence Police Department
As you already know … an individual of curiosity was taken into custody Sunday morning at a Rhode Island resort the place he was reportedly discovered with a pair of firearms.
The POI’s detention got here after authorities launched video of the suspect fleeing the scene … making a pointy flip round a nook and preserving his head down in his all black outfit.
2 individuals had been killed and eight extra had been injured after Saturday’s taking pictures which occurred in a constructing on the college’s campus. The taking pictures sparked a large police response and has led to vigils within the Providence space.
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