Brown University Person of Interest Being Released, Shooter at Large; Mayor: ‘Fresh Anxiety for Our Community’

In a Sunday late-night news conference in Providence, Rhode Island, a 24-year-old male person of interest was announced to be released, leaving “fresh anxiety” for the area that an armed Brown University mass shooter remains at large.

The investigation of Brown’s mass shooting that left two dead and nine wounded is now rendering evidence “that points in a different direction,” authorities announced Sunday night.

Unlike many news outlets, Newsmax had not identified the to-be-released person of interest by name, and reports indicate he is no longer a considered a person of interest by authorities.

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