Two killed, nine injured in Brown University shooting as $1 million crime center lacked campus access. Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov and Ella Cook died in the attack.

With a mass shooting just minutes away, a restaurant owner had 10 staff and nearly 50 patrons, including children, who he felt the need to protect.

Investigators are asking for the public's help to identify the individual, "who was in proximity of the person of interest," according to a press release sent out at 12:41 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec 17. Anyone with information is urged to contact the Providence Police Department's tip line at 401-272-3121.

Providence’s police chief said an unidentified suspect appeared to be “casing” the area around a Brown University building for hours before committing a mass shooting that killed two students and injured nine others.

Law enforcement officials have described the person of interest in the deadly Brown University mass shooting as being approximately 5-foot-8 inches tall with a “stocky build.”

Investigators are continuing to search for a person of interest and a potential witness in connection with the deadly Saturday shooting at Brown University.

The search continues for a gunman who killed two students after a man was released because of a lack of evidence.

A person of interest was taken into custody at a hotel in Coventry on Sunday morning, but was released by Monday morning. Here's why.