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Brown University 'Person of Interest' Traveled From Wisconsin Before Shooting
Newsmax ^ | December 14, 2025 | Newsmax Wires

Posted on 12/14/2025 1:55:35 PM PST by Navy Patriot

A person detained in connection with a shooting at Brown University is reportedly from Wisconsin and not a student, having traveled to the area to commit the shooting that left two dead and at least nine wounded Saturday night.

Authorities believe the individual traveled from Wisconsin to Rhode Island to carry out the shooting, according to CNN sources. The investigation remains ongoing.

The person of interest was in custody Sunday after a shooting during final exams at Brown.

The attack Saturday afternoon set off hours of chaos across the Ivy League campus and surrounding Providence neighborhoods as hundreds of officers searched for the shooter and urged students and staff to shelter in place. The lockdown, which stretched into the night, was lifted early Sunday, but authorities had not yet released information about a potential motive.

Col. Oscar Perez, the Providence police chief, said Sunday afternoon that the person in custody was in their 20s and that no one has been charged yet. Perez, who previously said the person was in their 30s and that no one else was being sought, declined to say whether the detained person had any connection to Brown.

The person was taken into custody at a Hampton Inn hotel in Coventry, Rhode Island, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) from Providence, where police officers and FBI agents remained Sunday, blocking off a hallway with crime scene tape as they searched the area.

The shooting occurred during one of the busiest moments of the academic calendar, as final exams were underway. Brown canceled all remaining classes, exams, papers and projects for the semester and told students they could leave campus, underscoring the scale of the disruption and the gravity of the attack.

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Tampon Tim's army of Terrorist Supporters sure gets around.
1 posted on 12/14/2025 1:55:35 PM PST by Navy Patriot
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To: Navy Patriot

Walz is Governor of Minnesota, not Wisconsin.


2 posted on 12/14/2025 2:03:36 PM PST by Apparatchik (Русские свиньи, идите домой)
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To: Navy Patriot

WHO IS HE?

IF HE WAS A WHITE GUY NAMED JOHN SMITH WITH BLUE EYES, BLONDE HAIR AND CONSERVATIVE, HIS FACE AND NAME WOULD BE SPLASHED ALL OVER THE MEDIA.

CONCLUSION, HE IS AN ANTI-SEMITIC MUSLIM AND THEY ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO SPIN THIS.

RI is a Democratic Sewer.


3 posted on 12/14/2025 2:07:16 PM PST by ZULU (Exterminate Ham-Ass. Give Ukraine Offense Weapons to hit inside Russia)
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To: Apparatchik

Yep, Tampon Tim and Saint George of Somali are starting to destroy neighboring states.


4 posted on 12/14/2025 2:12:12 PM PST by Navy Patriot (President Trump Decisively Won, Celebrate Recivilization!)
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To: ZULU

BREAKING: The suspect in the Brown University shooting has been identified as 24-year-old Benjamin Erickson of Wisconsin, according to WaPo and NBC.


5 posted on 12/14/2025 2:12:36 PM PST by Az Joe (25 YEARS ON FREE REPUBLIC! 11/01/2025, 700+ POSTS, 15,500+ REPLIES - "MADE IT MA, TOP OF THE WORLD!")
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To: Navy Patriot

With a LASER...OMG!
A LASER.

RUN! AIeeeeee!

WHO is he?

Stop thevgames...


6 posted on 12/14/2025 2:12:51 PM PST by Adder (End fascism...defeat all Democrats.)
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To: ZULU

“CONCLUSION, HE IS AN ANTI-SEMITIC MUSLIM AND THEY ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO SPIN THIS.”

The lone Muslim who is not anti-semitic has never been found.


7 posted on 12/14/2025 2:13:55 PM PST by Da Coyote
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To: ZULU

I can find no evidence that suggests you are incorrect.


8 posted on 12/14/2025 2:14:08 PM PST by Navy Patriot (President Trump Decisively Won, Celebrate Recivilization!)
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To: Navy Patriot
The man arrested in connection to the deadly shooting at Brown University has been identified as Benjamin Erickson, according to law enforcement sources.
9 posted on 12/14/2025 2:15:52 PM PST by chief lee runamok (expect nothing)
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To: Navy Patriot

Coulter’s Law clearly in effect.


10 posted on 12/14/2025 2:16:26 PM PST by PGR88
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To: Az Joe
BREAKING: The suspect in the Brown University shooting has been identified as 24-year-old Benjamin Erickson of Wisconsin, according to WaPo and NBC.

Shh- you’ll spoil all the fun. The best thing about this site is watching the ding-dongs post factually wrong information and then making sweeping (and equally wrong) statements about what’s going on.
11 posted on 12/14/2025 2:17:49 PM PST by Apparatchik (Русские свиньи, идите домой)
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To: PGR88
Agree.

I miss the old Ann Coulter.

12 posted on 12/14/2025 2:18:01 PM PST by Navy Patriot (President Trump Decisively Won, Celebrate Recivilization!)
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To: Adder

I’m guessing a laser sight...one that leaves the little red light on the target....Like on Hawaii Five-0


13 posted on 12/14/2025 2:30:16 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Navy Patriot

More here: https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4357377/posts


14 posted on 12/14/2025 2:34:04 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Sacajaweau

Yeah..me too.


16 posted on 12/14/2025 2:40:03 PM PST by Adder (End fascism...defeat all Democrats.)
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To: All

Dems are already recruiting the RINOs to go in on Gun Control legislation for this Brown event (an unfortunate accident). Republicans must immediately reply, where is the legislation for the Hate Crimes targeting whites with Knives to the Eyes and White women being targeted with Acid?

And the persistent Subway / Mass transit Hate Crimes Targeting white people.

How about the school attacks targeting Whites where the Perps get rewarded with Millions in GoFundme racist campaigns?


17 posted on 12/14/2025 2:48:40 PM PST by OakOak (Misinformation Campaign on your TV)
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To: Navy Patriot

And, it just gets more crazy...

“How come the media is suppressing eye witness testimony about how the shooter at Brown University allegedly shouted Allahu Akbar before he opened fire on campus the night before the first night of Hanukkah?”

Lara Loomer


18 posted on 12/14/2025 2:49:36 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (Annnd....I voted for this too!)
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To: Drew68

CNN just reported that he had applied to Brown for the fall 2025 semester, transferring from a Wisconsin college.


19 posted on 12/14/2025 2:50:25 PM PST by CaptainK ("No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up” )
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To: Navy Patriot

Young blonde US Army officer drove 17 hours from Wisconsin to Rhode Island, picked out a Jewish classroom, burst through the door screaming in Arabic and started shooting.

It seems ... surprising.


20 posted on 12/14/2025 2:51:06 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (Democrats seek power through cheating and assassination. They are sociopaths. They just want power.)
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