The FBI has shared three new photos of a person of interest in the deadly Brown University shooting from Saturday that left two students dead and nine others injured.
The gunman involved in the shooting was still at large and “armed and dangerous” as of Monday night, authorities said during a press conference. Officials said they could not rule out the possibility that he is still in Providence, but that there is no evidence of any specific continuing threat in the city.
The photos of the person of interest appear to show a man dressed in a dark jacket, pants, shoes, beanie and face mask walking down Hope Street near the university approximately two hours before the shooting, officials said.
Authorities also released three new videos of the man walking near Brown Saturday afternoon late Monday night.
Providence police previously released two videos of a person of interest in the shooting. The department’s chief of police, Col. Oscar L. Perez, Jr., said during the press conference that authorities believe the man in the photos is the same person shown in the previously released videos.
Officials asked anyone associated with Brown or who lives or spends time around Providence to review the photos. Anyone who thinks they know or have information about the person depicted in the photos is also asked to contact police.
“We’re at the 49th hour, and there’s no one that wants to put this individual in handcuffs more than us,” Perez said during the press conference.
The FBI is now offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the gunman.
“No amount of information is too small or irrelevant,” FBI Boston Special Agent in Charge Ted Docks said during the press conference.
Gunfire erupted on the first floor of Brown’s Barus and Holley engineering and physics building around 4 p.m. on Dec. 13 during an economics class.
Brown University College Republicans has identified one of the students who was killed as Ella Cook, the organization’s vice president. The other victim was Muhammad Aziz Umurzokov, according to NBC News, which cited the Uzbekistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
As of Monday night, one of the injured students was in critical but stable condition at a hospital, and seven were hospitalized but in stable condition. One has been released from a hospital.
Following the shooting, the gunman left the university’s engineering building on the Hope Street side, officials said. A massive law enforcement response soon flooded Rhode Island to search for the shooter as the school and surrounding community went into a lockdown that lasted more than 12 hours.
Officials announced that a person of interest — identified only as a man in his 30s — was in custody early Sunday morning. But by the following morning, authorities confirmed that the man had been released.
Later that day, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley told Good Morning America that, after collecting more evidence, authorities determined that the man should be released. The mayor did not specify what evidence led to the man’s release, and officials said Monday night that he had been cleared as a potential suspect in the shooting.
The Providence Police Department asks that any and all video or photo evidence be submitted via phone at 401-272-3121 or to the FBI tip line.
