
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Officials in Providence say they will release a person of interest detained following a Brown University shooting that killed two students and injured nine.
Providence Mayor Brett Smiley and other officials made the disclosure at a hastily convened news conference on Sunday night, more than 12 hours after revealing that they had detained a person in connection with the attack.

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