PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Investigators in New England have identified the suspect in the Brown University shooting and are looking into whether there is a connection to the murder of an award-winning nuclear scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 50 miles away, sources tell Fox News.
He remains at large and authorities have obtained a warrant for his arrest, sources said.
The manhunt could cross state lines into Salem, New Hampshire, Boston 25 reported, citing its law enforcement sources. Fox News Digital could not immediately confirm the news.
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Split images show Brown University victims Ella Cook and Mohammad Aziz Umurzokov, as well as MIT professor Nuno Loureiro, who was killed in a separate shooting.
Earlier this week, FBI Boston Field Special Agent Ted Doakes told reporters that investigators were sharing intelligence about the two cases but had not yet drawn a clear connection.
Unconfirmed reports from Providence, Rhode Island, and Brookline, Massachusetts, both described Nissan Sentras at the scene, although they were described as having license plates from different states.
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On Thursday, CBS regional affiliate WPRI-TV reported that senior law enforcement sources said they had uncovered evidence of a connection. It’s unclear what that evidence is.
A masked gunman burst into a lecture hall at Brown University in Providence around 4 p.m. on Saturday, killing two students and injuring nine others. Authorities said they recovered 9 mm bullet casings at the scene.
Minutes later Saturday, a person of interest was seen on surveillance video on the east side of Brown University’s campus.
The ‘old’ brown building where the shooting took place did not have cameras, while the president’s older home appears to be equipped with cameras
Then, around 8:30 Monday night, Nuno F. Gomes Loureiro, a 47-year-old MIT professor, was found with multiple gunshot wounds in his Brookline apartment, just a short drive from campus. He was pronounced dead at the hospital the next morning.
Loureiro is a renowned nuclear physicist and director of MIT’s Center for Plasma Science and Fusion, and received a Presidential Award from the White House earlier this year in recognition of his research.
Investigators continued to search for clues in the homicide Thursday morning after MIT professor Nuno FG Loureiro was shot and killed in a Brookline apartment building earlier this week.
Authorities did not describe the weapon used to kill Loureiro.
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The shooting killed two students, identified as Ella Cook, Alabama Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov of Virginia, nine people were wounded. As of Thursday afternoon, six survivors remained hospitalized. One injured person is in critical but stable condition and the others are in stable condition.
Fox News’ Sandy Ibrahim contributed to this report.
Original source of the article: Investigators explore ties to MIT massacre, identify Brown University shooter suspect: Sources