The person of interest in the mass shooting at Brown University has been identified as a 24-year-old man from Wisconsin, according to multiple reports.
Benjamin Erickson was detained in connection to the deadly shooting early Sunday, law enforcement officials told the Washington Post. Federal agents previously located Erickson at a hotel roughly 20 miles away from Providence, Rhode Island, where Brown’s campus is located.
While Erickson has not been named the suspect, Providence Police Chief Oscar Perez said earlier Sunday that they are confident he is the gunman and charges could be filed soon.
According to NBC News, Erickson served as an infantryman in the U.S. Army from May 2021 to November 2024, but was never deployed. While hailing from Wisconsin, he reportedly had an apartment in Washington, D.C.
The tragic shooting at Brown occurred on Saturday afternoon, when students were taking final exams. A gunman entered a classroom in the school’s engineering and physics building and opened fire, killing two people and injuring nine others.
TWO DEAD, NINE INJURED IN MASS SHOOTING AT BROWN UNIVERSITY
A tense manhunt ensued as the school and the surrounding community were under a shelter-in-place order, which has since been lifted.
On Sunday night, one of the injured was identified as Kendall Turner, a Brown student. Turner is in critical, but stable condition.
