Law enforcement sources say a warrant has been issued for a suspect in the fatal mass shooting at Brown University on Saturday as investigators look into the possibility of a link between that shooting and the killing of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor on Monday.
Meanwhile, a large police presence — including officers with Providence Police Department jackets and vests — were seen at a storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire, Thursday night, the Providence Journal reported. Police were seen with guns drawn as the looked into the building although other officers seemed more relaxed.
According to Boston 25, the activity there is centered around an abandoned vehicle of a similar make and model police believe the suspect rented.
CBS News reported the rented vehicle is the same make a model of a vehicle seen near the apartment of MIT professor Nuno Loureiro.
Loureiro, 47, was shot Monday night at his home and died at a hospital overnight, as CrimeOnline reported. Neighbors said they heard multiple gunshots.
Saturday’s shooting at Brown, an Ivy League school in Providence, Rhode Island, took place in the school’s engineering building as students were studying for final exams, CrimeOnline reported. The masked shooter is believed to have entered that building via a residential street, also possibly explaining why there are no clear pictures of the suspect.
Two students were killed and nine others wounded.
Meanwhile, officials have asked residents to review their security and phone footage, as they believe the shooter may have been in the area a week before the deadly mass shooting.
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[Feature Photo: Providence Police Department via AP]