An individual of curiosity was taken into custody early Sunday in reference to the deadly capturing at Brown College, in line with Kristy DosReis, a spokesperson for the Windfall Police Division.
The individual in custody was caught about 3:45 a.m. at a resort in Coventry, R.I., about 28 miles south of Windfall, in line with legislation enforcement sources and Coventry police.
On the time the individual was detained, the person was allegedly in possession of two weapons, in line with sources.
“We’ve got detained an individual of curiosity,” Windfall Mayor Brett Smiley mentioned at a Sunday-morning information convention. “We’re lifting the shelter-in-place.”
Rhode Island legislation enforcement authorities mentioned nobody else is being sought within the capturing that occurred Saturday on the Ivy League campus, which killed two folks and injured 9, in line with officers.
The residents of Windfall can “breathe just a little simpler,” Smiley mentioned.
Legislation enforcement officers stroll in a neighborhood close to Brown College in Windfall, R.I., on Dec. 13, 2025.
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A tip from the general public led police to the situation the place the individual of curiosity was detained, in line with sources.
A federal supply informed ABC Information the individual was solely being referred to as an individual of curiosity at this level, however added that they had been assured they had been heading in the right direction.
The individual in custody just isn’t a scholar on the college, sources conversant in the state of affairs mentioned.
The individual was detained hours after the mass capturing on Saturday on the college’s East Facet campus. Two college students had been shot and killed and one other 9 had been transported to native hospitals with accidents amid a day of “devastating gun violence,” Christina H. Paxson, the college’s president, mentioned in a press release posted simply previous to 2 a.m. ET.
“Our hearts exit to them. This can be a day of large sorrow,” Paxson mentioned. “No guardian or member of the family ought to ever need to endure a day like this.”
Eight of the 9 who had been injured remained within the hospital on Sunday morning, officers mentioned, including that seven of them had been in secure situation and one was in vital however secure situation.
This video seize from a CCTV footage launched by the Windfall Police Division exhibits the suspect within the Brown College capturing strolling alongside a street close to the campus in Windfall on Dec. 13, 2025.
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A shelter-in-place order that had been implement for the college’s Faculty Hill campus was lifted early Sunday by Windfall Police, the college mentioned in a 5:42 a.m. ET alert to college students, including that “police exercise continues in areas which might be nonetheless thought-about an lively crime scene.”
The deadly capturing on Saturday on town’s East Facet got here as college students throughout the Faculty Hill space had been preparing for or taking exams forward of the winter break.
The capturing passed off on the faculty’s Barus & Holley constructing, the place engineering and physics lessons are held, on Hope Road, officers mentioned.
The capturing passed off in a lecture corridor throughout a last examination assessment, in line with Paxson.
The FBI and different legislation enforcement officers had shared a short video clip of somebody whom they described as an individual of curiosity. The individual within the clip could possibly be seen wearing darkish clothes, together with what seemed to be a hood, as they stroll alongside Hope Road and take a nook headed north.
The individual’s proper hand seemed to be of their jacket pocket as they walked northward alongside Waterman Road earlier than exiting from the body.
ABC Information’ Jessica Gorman contributed to this report.
