Authorities knock on doors and seek evidence in the search for the Brown University shooter

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Authorities knocked connected doors successful hunt of video and sifted done snowfall and dumpsters for different grounds that mightiness pb them to the Brown University gunman, whose look was covered oregon not disposable successful footage captured earlier and aft the play onslaught that killed 2 students and wounded 9 others.

Officials connected Monday released 3 caller videos of the antheral they judge carried retired Saturday's onslaught that amusement him wearing a disguise and a acheronian two-tone jacket. Although his look wasn't visible, the footage from astir 2 hours earlier the shooting provided the clearest images yet of the suspect.

The FBI said the antheral is astir 5 feet, 8 inches (173 centimeters) tall, with a stocky build. The bureau offered a $50,000 reward for accusation starring to the identification, apprehension and condemnation of the idiosyncratic responsible.

“We’re asking for the public’s assistance,” Providence's constabulary chief, Col. Oscar Perez, said astatine a quality conference, urging radical who mightiness admit the fishy to telephone a extremity line.

Police renewed their hunt aft releasing a idiosyncratic of involvement Sunday erstwhile they determined the grounds pointed elsewhere. Meanwhile, details began to look astir the students who were shot.

The lockdown bid for the Ivy League schoolhouse was lifted Sunday aft authorities said they had detained the idiosyncratic of interest. But hopes for a speedy solution were dashed erstwhile they announced hours aboriginal that they had released him.

The abrupt alteration of absorption marked a setback successful the probe arsenic questions swirl astir field security, the evident deficiency of schoolhouse video grounds and whether the absorption connected the idiosyncratic of involvement gave the attacker much clip to escape.

Gov. Dan McKee requested further section constabulary astatine schools to supply reassurance for students, families and educators.

A religion connected the assemblage field planned to big a “Community Service of Lament, Healing and Hope” connected Tuesday night.

New video emerges

Before Monday's quality conference, constabulary released a 2nd video showing idiosyncratic dressed successful achromatic walking on a metropolis thoroughfare minutes aft the shooting. The video — similar 1 released the time of the shooting — didn't amusement the suspect's face.

In a vicinity adjacent the university, a enactment of officers scraped their feet done a snow-covered gait looking for evidence. Meanwhile, agents identifying themselves arsenic U.S. marshals asked locals if they had information cameras.

The shooting occurred arsenic last exams were underway astatine Brown, 1 of the nation’s oldest and astir prestigious schools. Investigators were not instantly definite however the shooter got wrong the first-floor schoolroom and the onslaught acceptable disconnected hours of chaos.

Attorney General Peter Neronha, who said Sunday that determination weren't galore cameras wherever the onslaught happened, said Monday that investigators were “making dependable progress.”

One of the dormant was progressive successful church. The different overcame wellness concerns

The shooting happened successful an auditorium-style schoolroom wherever students successful a survey radical were preparing for an upcoming exam.

Ella Cook, a 19-year-old sophomore who was vice president of the Brown College Republicans and beloved successful her religion successful Birmingham, Alabama, was 1 of the students killed, according to her pastor astatine home.

In announcing her decease Sunday, the Rev. R. Craig Smalley described Cook arsenic “an unthinkable grounded, faithful, agleam light” who encouraged and “lifted up those astir her.”

“Ella was known for her bold, brave, and benignant bosom arsenic she served her section and her chap classmates,” Martin Bertao, the president of the club, said successful a connection posted connected X.

The different pupil who was killed was MukhammadAziz Umurzokov, an 18-year-old freshman majoring successful biochemistry and neuroscience. He was helping a person astatine a reappraisal league for an economics last erstwhile helium was shot, his sister said.

As a child, Umurzokov suffered a neurological information that required surgery, and helium aboriginal wore a backmost brace due to the fact that of scoliosis, said Samira Umurzokova, noting that the household immigrated to the U.S. from Uzbekistan erstwhile she, her member and sister were young. He knew from an aboriginal property helium wanted to beryllium a neurosurgeon to assistance others similar himself.

“He had truthful galore hardships successful his life, and helium got into this astonishing schoolhouse and tried truthful hard to travel done with the committedness helium made erstwhile was 7 years old,” she told the AP by telephone Monday.

Only 1 of the 9 radical wounded had been released arsenic of Sunday, Brown President Christina Paxson said. One was successful captious information and the different 7 were successful captious but unchangeable condition. Mayor Brett Smiley said Monday evening that nary of their conditions had worsened, but that helium didn't person further information.

Durham Academy, a backstage K-12 schoolhouse successful Durham, North Carolina, confirmed that a caller graduate, Kendall Turner, was critically wounded and that her parents were with her. “Our schoolhouse assemblage is rallying astir Kendall, her classmates, and her loved ones,” the schoolhouse said successful a statement.

Another wounded student, 18-year-old freshman Spencer Yang of New York City, told the New York Times and the Brown Daily Herald from a infirmary furniture that determination was a huffy scramble aft the gunman entered the country wherever helium and the different students were studying for finals. Many students ran toward the beforehand of the room, but Yang said helium coiled up connected the crushed betwixt immoderate seats and was changeable successful the leg.

Yang, who expects to beryllium discharged successful the coming days, said helium tried to support immoderate of the much earnestly wounded students conscious until constabulary arrived.

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Contributing were Associated Press journalists Jennifer McDermott and Matt O'Brien successful Providence; Brian Slodysko successful Washington; Michael Casey successful Boston; Patrick Whittle successful Portland, Maine; John Seewer successful Toledo, Ohio; Kathy McCormack successful Concord, New Hampshire; and Heather Hollingsworth successful Mission, Kansas.

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