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Brown University shooting suspect identified as US army veteran Benjamin Erickson
Police sources have told NBC News the identity of a man detained as a "person of interest" after a fatal shooting on the campus of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.
Three senior law enforcement officials, briefed on the investigation, told Sky News's US partner that the suspect is 24-year-old Benjamin Erickson, who had served several years in the US army. Two people were killed and nine others, all or nearly all of whom are also believed to be students, were injured in the attack at around 4pm (9pm UK time) on Saturday.
Sources told NBC that authorities are looking into what might be an extensive mental health history for Mr Erickson. Any connection with Brown University is also being investigated.
FBI Director Kash Patel posted details of an arrest at a Hampton Inn hotel in Coventry, about 20 miles (32km) from Providence, early on Sunday, "based off a lead" from Providence police. According to a statement provided to NBC News from army spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Ruth Castro: "Benjamin W Erickson was an Infantryman (11B) in the Regular Army from May 2021 to November 2024.
He has no deployments and left the Army in the rank of specialist." Public records show he was living in Washington DC in 2024 and had also been resident in Wisconsin in 2020. Providence police chief Colonel Oscar Perez told reporters on Sunday that the investigation is "complex" and progressing "extremely fast.
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