A person of interest in the shooting that killed two people and wounded nine others at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, on Saturday has been detained, police have said.

Col Oscar Perez – the Providence police force’s chief – confirmed at a news conference on Sunday that the person of interest was in their 20s. Perez did not provide many other details about the person, including whether that person was connected to Brown.

The FBI director, Kash Patel, said on Sunday that the agency activated its “cellular analysis survey team to provide critical geolocation capabilities”, adding that law enforcement was able to detain the person of interest “based off a lead” by Providence police.

The person of interest was taken into custody about 17 miles from Providence, at a hotel in

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