Person of interest in Brown University shooting is 24-year-old from Wisconsin, officials say

[NJCher]

Source: Washington Post

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8:20 p.m.
Person of interest planned transfer to Brown, online profile says
7:41 p.m.
Brown University person of interest was on high school wrestling team

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com

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Who has a subscription and can get us the four paragraphs?

I checked archive.ph
Not posted yet.

[NJCher]

1. CNN has the story, too

What we know so far
• The person of interest detained in connection with yesterday’s deadly shooting at Brown University has been identified as 24-year-old Benjamin Erickson of Wisconsin, multiple law enforcement sources tell CNN.

• Sources said earlier that the person of interest was found with a revolver and a small Glock handgun in his room at a hotel in Coventry, Rhode Island. A CNN crew was at the hotel when law enforcement swarmed the location early this morning.

• The shooting left two students dead and nine others injured at the Ivy League school in Providence. A vigil and community event are being held at a local park this evening, where the city’s mayor said residents can come together and “shine a little bit of light.” Classes and exams have been canceled at Brown as the campus reels from the shooting.

https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/brown-university-shooting-12-13-25

[pnwmom]

2. This is from the Post:

The person of interest authorities took into custody in connection with the shooting at Brown University is Benjamin Erickson, a 24-year-old Army veteran originally from Wisconsin, who may recently have lived in D.C., two people briefed on the investigation told The Washington Post on the condition of anonymity. He was taken into custody at a hotel about 15 miles from campus in Providence, authorities said.

Erickson has not been named as a suspect or charged in connection with the Saturday attack, which left two dead and nine wounded. Officials have repeatedly referred to the person in custody as a “person of interest,” a term investigators use to refer to someone whom they wish to question and think has relevant information. Agents recovered two firearms in his possession, including one equipped with a laser sight attachment, one of the people briefed on the investigation said.

A gunman opened fire inside a campus engineering building on Saturday before fleeing, authorities said. A teaching assistant and senior at the university told The Post that he had just wrapped up a study session in the Barus and Holley building when he heard screaming, several loud bangs, and a man dressed in black burst into his room yelling something unintelligible, carrying the “longest gun I’ve ever seen in my life.”

After carrying out the attack, authorities say the shooter was seen leaving the east side of the building where the campus meets downtown Providence, prompting hundreds of officers to conduct a sprawling search overnight.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/12/14/brown-university-shooting-suspect/

[rollin74]

3. A little more info from CNN

The person of interest detained in connection with the Brown University shooting, identified by law enforcement sources as Benjamin Erickson, is a decorated soldier who had served in a position at Arlington National Cemetery, according to his LinkedIn profile.

Erickson, a 24-year-old Wisconsin native, served as an infantry soldier in the US Army, where he passed sniper training, had experience with firearms instruction and had served as a rifleman between 2021 and 2024, according to the profile.

Erickson also received a good conduct medal, participated in “security duties” near the president and assisted with funeral ceremonies at Arlington, the profile stated.

The LinkedIn page stated he planned to continue his college education at Brown University in the fall 2025 semester.

more details here:
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/14/us/benjamin-erickson-brown-university-shooting

[JudyM]

4. They released him, just announced in press conference. Apparently he's been ruled out as the shooter.

[jeffreyi]

6. Lovely.

Incompetence. I hope he sues somebody for the doxxing, if he is indeed not involved.

[AntiFascist]

5. Ummm, think again! Ka$h is FUCKED$ n/t