Brown shooting investigators release new image of person of interest

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Police successful Providence, Rhode Island, connected Tuesday released a caller representation of a idiosyncratic of involvement successful the deadly shooting astatine Brown University arsenic the probe entered the 4th day.

More images oregon videos are expected to beryllium released aboriginal Tuesday, the Providence Police Department said connected societal media, urging anyone with accusation to interaction the FBI extremity enactment online oregon astatine 401-272-3121.

"Even tiny details whitethorn beryllium captious to this," constabulary said.

The latest image, though blurry, was the clearest representation of the idiosyncratic of involvement released truthful far. The FBI said the antheral is astir 5 feet, 8 inches tall, with a stocky build. The bureau has offered a $50,000 reward for accusation starring to the identification, apprehension and condemnation of the gunman.

The hunt for the shooter who killed two Brown University students and wounded 9 others connected field connected Saturday continued Tuesday. Two of the 9 injured victims person been released from the hospital, according to Rhode Island Hospital.

The students killed successful the onslaught were identified as Ella Cook, a sophomore from Alabama, and Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, an Uzbek American student.

On Tuesday, Brown President Christina H. Paxson sent a missive to the assemblage community, acknowledging the nonaccomplishment of the students.

"Both were superb and beloved — arsenic members of our field community, but adjacent much by their friends and families," Paxson wrote. "Our hearts proceed to beryllium with them successful their profound sorrow."

Investigators accidental they are looking to interrogation anyone who was successful the country of the shooting. They're besides continuing to search for the country and find much videos for grounds that mightiness pb to the gunman.

Meanwhile, Brown University says it has seen an summation successful swatting calls since the shooting. The assemblage has seen accrued information presence, with regularisation to buildings and areas, but students accidental it volition instrumentality effort and clip for them to consciousness safe.

"We were successful a authorities wherever Brown felt incredibly safe, and that bubble of safeness was wholly popped erstwhile we were violated by a shooter entering our campus," Talia Levine, a elder astatine Brown University who barricaded for 4 hours during the shooting, told CBS News.