Reuters
Authorities on Tuesday once again asked members of the public for help identifying the suspected gunman who killed two Brown University students in a classroom over the weekend, as the manhunt stretched past 72 hours and residents remained on edge.
In a late-afternoon press conference, officials in Providence, Rhode Island, said they still have not identified the attacker. They played several video clips taken from neighborhood cameras that show the possible shooter walking near the site of the shooting on Saturday, wearing dark clothes and a face mask.
Providence Police Chief Oscar Perez said investigators were hoping someone might recognize the person based on his body movements, posture and bearing.
He also said that police have evidence the person was in the area as early as 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, more than five hours before the attack, and that he was likely "casing" the scene.
Officials said they are confident the person in the video is the gunman, but they also have "zero" evidence as to the motive for the shooting, according to Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha.
Earlier on Tuesday, authorities released a timeline video comprised of surveillance clips from neighborhood cameras and a car's dashcam tracking the person's movements both before and immediately after the shooting.
In one clip, the man can be seen at a distance walking from the building's parking lot toward the street, even as police cars with flashing emergency lights arrive at the scene. The final clip shows the man walking along that street just three minutes after the shooting.
Officials said there were limited cameras inside the engineering and physics building where the shooting took place, and that none had recorded any clear footage of the gunman.
Police have received more than 200 tips and are working through them, Perez said. Neronha defended the speed of the investigation, saying it was difficult but that it was "going really well" and asked the public for patience.
But the days-long search has prompted many residents in the College Hill neighborhood near campus to stay behind locked doors, while many Brown undergraduate students hastily cleared out of the city after the school canceled classes and exams for the rest of the year.
Authorities initially detained another person of interest, a man in his 20s, early on Sunday, but they eventually released him after concluding that he was not involved.
The news that there was no suspect in custody brought fresh anxiety to nearby residents, who opened their doors on Monday to police officers seeking any camera footage that might have captured the shooter.
Patrick Moran has been supervising his young children's video games, Lego building, puzzle playing and ear-piercing drumming after their private school, the Wheeler School, canceled classes for the rest of the week.
"I am happy to have them home. The shooter is still out there, and so let's take a little precaution and keep the kids home," Moran said.
Public schools in Providence remained open on Tuesday, but the district canceled after-school activities.
Providence Mayor Brett Smiley sought to calm residents' fears, telling reporters on Tuesday that there have not been any credible threats to the school or the city since Saturday's shooting.
In a late-afternoon press conference, officials in Providence, Rhode Island, said they still have not identified the attacker. They played several video clips taken from neighborhood cameras that show the possible shooter walking near the site of the shooting on Saturday, wearing dark clothes and a face mask.
Providence Police Chief Oscar Perez said investigators were hoping someone might recognize the person based on his body movements, posture and bearing.
He also said that police have evidence the person was in the area as early as 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, more than five hours before the attack, and that he was likely "casing" the scene.
Officials said they are confident the person in the video is the gunman, but they also have "zero" evidence as to the motive for the shooting, according to Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha.
Earlier on Tuesday, authorities released a timeline video comprised of surveillance clips from neighborhood cameras and a car's dashcam tracking the person's movements both before and immediately after the shooting.
In one clip, the man can be seen at a distance walking from the building's parking lot toward the street, even as police cars with flashing emergency lights arrive at the scene. The final clip shows the man walking along that street just three minutes after the shooting.
Officials said there were limited cameras inside the engineering and physics building where the shooting took place, and that none had recorded any clear footage of the gunman.
Police have received more than 200 tips and are working through them, Perez said. Neronha defended the speed of the investigation, saying it was difficult but that it was "going really well" and asked the public for patience.
But the days-long search has prompted many residents in the College Hill neighborhood near campus to stay behind locked doors, while many Brown undergraduate students hastily cleared out of the city after the school canceled classes and exams for the rest of the year.
Authorities initially detained another person of interest, a man in his 20s, early on Sunday, but they eventually released him after concluding that he was not involved.
The news that there was no suspect in custody brought fresh anxiety to nearby residents, who opened their doors on Monday to police officers seeking any camera footage that might have captured the shooter.
Patrick Moran has been supervising his young children's video games, Lego building, puzzle playing and ear-piercing drumming after their private school, the Wheeler School, canceled classes for the rest of the week.
"I am happy to have them home. The shooter is still out there, and so let's take a little precaution and keep the kids home," Moran said.
Public schools in Providence remained open on Tuesday, but the district canceled after-school activities.
Providence Mayor Brett Smiley sought to calm residents' fears, telling reporters on Tuesday that there have not been any credible threats to the school or the city since Saturday's shooting.
