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Person of interest identified in mass shooting at Brown University from Wisconsin, NBC News says

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NBC News is reporting that 24-year-old Benjamin Erickson is the person of interest in Saturday's mass shooting at Brown University in Providence, R.I.

According to NBC, Erickson is from Wisconsin.

Two people were killed and nine others were wounded in the shooting on Saturday night, which happened at an engineering and physics building on Brown's campus.

TMJ4's Brendyn Jones says he saw FBI agents at an address in Cedarburg that may be related to Erickson.

The FBI is declining to make a comment at this time.

This is a developing story that will be updated as we learn more information.


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