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You know, I want to share with the people of

the State of Rhode Island what this investigation

looks like, where we are today, where I anticipate

it moving forward. So last night, um, I wish

you could have been with me in the command post

where there were literally dozens of Providence

police officers working to develop leads in

this very difficult case. Difficult obviously

because of the tragedy that occurred on the

campus, but also difficult in terms of developing

evidence. That work continues and it will continue

tomorrow. Our prosecutors were there, six in

total, our victim services folks were at the

hospital, but this is, this is what these investigations

look like. I've been around long enough to know

that sometimes you head in one direction and

then you have to regroup and go in another.

And that's exactly what has happened over the

last 24 hours or so. Collectively, the team

developed leads in a number of areas. One was

chased to ground. It led to the, um, to the,

uh, to us detaining a person of interest. And

so those words and how we choose those words

when we're talking about an investigation matter.

And what it means here is that certainly there

was some degree of evidence that pointed to

this individual, but that evidence needed to

be corroborated and confirmed. And over the

last 24 hours, leading into a... just, just

very, very recently, that evidence now points

in a different direction. So what that means

is that this person of interest needs to be

and should be released. I think what is really

unfortunate, um, that this person's name was

leaked to the public. It's hard to put that

back in the bottle, okay?

So we're going to proceed very carefully here.

There is too much at stake for the victims of

this horrific crime and their families to take

chances with respect to this investigation.

What I anticipate seeing going forward is, is

that our team will be, our team of prosecutors

will be working with the Providence Police Department

as the principal leads in this investigation.

We will have our resources amplified by the

State Police, by the FBI, by the ATF, by the

DEA, by the Marshal Service and others as we

develop leads and reach, uh, and reach, um,

and move towards justice in this case. But this

could happen very quickly, but it could take

some time. And so I...