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Brown University Shooting: Police Investigate Ties to MIT Professor's Slaying

KTLA 5December 18, 20252 min1,351 views
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Brown University Shooting Investigation

  • 🎯 Two students were killed and nine others wounded in a shooting at Brown University.
  • ⚑ The gunman fired more than 40 rounds from a 9-millimeter handgun inside an engineering building.
  • πŸ” Police are investigating a possible link between the Brown University shooter and another crime.

Potential Connection to MIT Professor's Killing

  • πŸ“Œ Investigators are looking into a possible connection between the Brown University shooter and the killing of an MIT physics professor.
  • πŸ“ The professor, 47-year-old John Lou, was shot at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts, approximately 50 miles from Providence.
  • πŸ’” He died at a hospital on Tuesday.

Person of Interest Identified

  • πŸ‘€ Local TV station WPRI reported that police have found and are interviewing a man who was near the person of interest.
  • πŸ•΅οΈ The FBI released video on Tuesday showing the person of interest wearing a medical mask.
  • πŸ—£οΈ A Brown University student described the campus as quiet and eerie following the incident, with students trying to return to their normal routines.
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