FBI Director Kash Patel promised on Sunday that the Justice Department had embarked on an “all-out 24/7 campaign” to deliver results in the Brown University shooting that took place one day prior.
Patel detailed just a few of the steps being taken by federal law enforcement officers on the ground in Providence, Rhode Island — and noted that the quick response had already resulted in the apprehension of a “person of interest” in the case.
“An update on the @FBI response at Brown University: @FBIBoston established a command post to intake, develop and analyze leads, and run them to ground,” Patel began in a lengthy X post. “We activated the FBI’s Cellular Analysis Survey Team, to provide critical geolocation capabilities.”
“As a result, early this morning, FBI Boston’s Safe Streets Task Force, with assistance from the @USMarshalsHQ & the @Coventry_RI_PD, detained a person of interest in a hotel room in Coventry, RI, based off a lead by the @ProvidenceRIPD,” he added.
Providence Mayor Brett Smiley announced early Sunday that a “person of interest” had been detained, immediately lifting the “shelter in place” order that had been in effect since Saturday evening.
“We have deployed local and national resources to process and reconstruct the shooting scene — providing HQ and Lab elements on scene. We set up a digital media intake portal to ingest images and video from the public related to this incident,” Patel continued, explaining how digital evidence from cellphones and surveillance cameras would be processed rapidly on site.
He also noted that the FBI was helping to provide resources for those who witnessed the traumatic event, adding, “The FBI’s victim specialists are fully integrating with our partners to provide resources to victims and survivors of this horrific violence.”
“This FBI will continue an all out 24/7 campaign until justice is fully served,” Patel promised, saying, “Thanks to the men and women of the FBI and our partners for their continued teamwork. Please continue praying for the victims and their families — as well as all those at Brown University.”
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