New York, December 15 (EFE). – US authorities continue to search for the perpetrator of last Saturday’s shooting at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, which left at least two people dead and eight others injured.
The fatalities were a young woman from Birmingham, Alabama, named Ella Cook, and Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, a student originally from Uzbekistan.
The Reverend Craig Smalley of Advent Cathedral in Birmingham announced at a mass yesterday the death of Cook, one of his parishioners, whom he described as “an incredible, sensible, faithful and shining light”.
Aziz’s family, in turn, describes him on the GoFundMe platform as a “nice, funny and intelligent” person.
“He dreamed of becoming a neurosurgeon. He always helped anyone who needed it and was the nicest person our family knew,” emphasize his relatives.
Meanwhile, authorities are continuing their search for the perpetrator of the shooting after a preliminary suspect was released yesterday.
In a press conference, Providence Police Chief Oscar Perez said they followed “a specific lead” but that after reviewing all the evidence, they concluded the detainee was not the perpetrator of the shooting.
“The investigation will tell us whether something is valid or not or whether something should be excluded. It’s not a mistake, that’s how investigations work,” he added.
For his part, Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha said he has been “in his position long enough to know that sometimes you go in one direction and then you have to regroup and go in another”: “That’s exactly what happened in the last 24 hours.”
However, authorities said that the video posted on their networks showing a suspect walking on the sidewalk wearing a hat and a dark coat was still valid.
In addition, they were looking for additional videos and images recorded by surveillance cameras that could serve as clues in finding the perpetrator.
Providence police made it clear in their X-Profile that the investigation “remains active” and emphasized that “no specific threats against our community” have been received following the shooting.
The university, for its part, emphasized today
In a notice posted on its website last night, the center also stressed that personnel deemed essential – those whose services must be provided “on-site” – must go to their workplace. EFE
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