Benjamin Erickson, 24, was reportedly identified as a "person of interest" in the mass shooting that rocked Brown University in the US on Saturday.

FBI Director Kash Patel said earlier Sunday in a post on X that the person of interest had been detained in a hotel room in the Rhode Island town of Coventry, a 30-minute drive from the Brown campus.

Several news media outlets, including the Washington Post and NBC News, cited unnamed sources identifying the man as 24-year-old Benjamin Erickson, who previously resided in Wisconsin.

Detectives anticipated that the person in custody would be formally charged Sunday night, city public safety spokesperson Kristy DosReis was quoted by Reuters as saying.

Who is Benjamin Erickson?

A military spokesperson told NBC News that Benjamin Erickson had

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