PROVIDENCE: Police in the United States on Sunday detained a “person of interest” in relation to a shooting at Brown University that left two people dead and nine others wounded, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley said.
Speaking alongside the mayor at a news conference, Police Col. Oscar Perez said the person was detained “earlier this morning” and law enforcement officers are “not at this point” looking for anyone else in relation to the attack.
A gunman opened fire at the Ivy League school just after 4 p.m. (2100 GMT) on Saturday, with the school sending out an alert of “an active shooter near Barus and Holley Engineering.”
Two exams had been scheduled at the time.
Of the nine wounded one is in critical condition, seven are in stable condition and one has been discharged, Smiley said.
Police released 10-second footage of the suspect, seen from behind, walking briskly down a deserted street after opening fire inside a first-floor classroom.
The violence is the latest in a long line of school attacks in the United States, where attempts to restrict access to firearms face political deadlock.
The deadliest school shooting in US history took place at Virginia Tech on April 16, 2007, when South Korean student Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 people and wounded 17 others before taking his own life.
US police detain ‘person of interest’ in deadly university shooting: mayor
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US police detain ‘person of interest’ in deadly university shooting: mayor
- Police in the United States on Sunday detained a “person of interest” in relation to a shooting at Brown University that left two people dead and nine others wounded
Russia will examine Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ invite: Putin
- Invites were sent to dozens of world leaders with a request for $1 billion for a permanent seat on the board
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said Russia would study US President Donald Trump’s invitation to join his “Board of Peace.”
“The Russian foreign ministry has been charged with studying the documents that were sent to us and to consult on the topic with our strategic partners,” Putin said during a televised government meeting. “It is only after that we’ll be able to reply to the invitation.”
He said that Russia could pay the billion dollars being asked for permanent membership “from the Russian assets frozen under the previous American administration.”
He added that the assets could also be used “to reconstruct the territories damaged by the hostilities, after the conclusion of a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine.”
Invites were sent to dozens of world leaders with a request for $1 billion for a permanent seat on the board.
Although originally meant to oversee Gaza’s rebuilding, the board’s charter does not seem to limit its role to the Palestinian coastal enclave and appears to want to rival the United Nations, drawing the ire of some US allies including France.
