Authorities Have No Suspect In School Shooting After Kash Patel’s Victory Lap

Authorities moved to release a person of interest they arrested on Sunday over a deadly mass shooting at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, extending the manhunt to its third day.

The FBI and police have not identified a suspect since the perpetrator opened fire with a handgun in the school’s engineering building during final exams on Saturday, killing two students and wounding nine others, officials said Sunday night. The FBI pursued a local police lead to arrest the initial person of interest in Coventry, FBI Director Kash Patel said on X earlier that day, thanking “the men and women of the FBI and our partners.”

“Certainly, there was some degree of evidence that pointed to this individual, but that evidence needed to be corroborated and confirmed,” Democratic Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha told reporters. “And over the last 24 hours … just very, very recently, that evidence now points in a different direction.” Officials said that night that the person of interest would be promptly freed, taking the investigation back to square one.

Authorities released surveillance video on Saturday of a hooded individual in dark clothing who is still being sought. Neronha emphasized Sunday that the individual is a person of interest, not a suspect.

“There are a lot of unknowns in this case,” he said.