The desperate search for the gunman who killed two people and wounded nine at Brown University entered its fourth day with investigators sifting through hundreds of leads.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has also released a new detailed video timeline of the suspect “scouring” the campus for hours before the attack.
The enhanced footage shows the person of interest walking through Providence neighborhoods, meticulously plotting a route that began around 10:30 a.m. (local time) on Saturday, Dec. 13, for more than five hours before the shooting inside the Barus-Holley Engineering Building.
Providence Police Chief Col. Oscar Perez Jr. said the individual appeared to be continually monitoring the area.
Perez said: “What we do know is definitely that he was investigating the area and, again, that’s what criminals do before they commit a crime.”
Authorities asked the public to study the suspect’s body movements, posture and gait, in hopes of making a breakthrough identification.
It is important to note that all videos on the timeline come from sources outside of campus. Investigators confirmed that cameras inside the engineering building captured the chaos, but not the shooter, who was moving through an older section with little cover.
This raises questions about the attacker’s familiarity with the location.
However, the collection of voluntary DNA samples indicates that evidence was recovered at the scene but is not matched against national databases.
The campus remains on edge, with classes canceled and a state review of school safety measures ordered by the governor.
