Special Report: Person of interest in Brown University shooting to be released

BY COLONEL OSCAR PEREZ, CHIEF OF THE PROVIDENCE POLICE DEPARTMENT, SHORTLY WE WILL BE RELEASING THE PERSON OF INTEREST WHO HAD BEEN DETAINED EARLIER TODAY, AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL CAN SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE RATIONALE FOR THAT. BUT WE WANT TO INFORM THE COMMUNITY THAT THAT INDIVIDUAL WILL SHORTLY BE RELEASED FROM PROVIDENCE POLICE. WE KNOW THAT THIS IS LIKELY TO CAUSE FRESH ANXIETY FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE WANT TO REITERATE WHAT WE SAID EARLIER, WHICH REMAINS TRUE, WHICH IS EVER SINCE THE INITIAL CAL ...