Oscar Perez Jr. — a Colombian immigrant who’s the chief of the Providence Police Department — refused to answer direct questions from reporters who asked if the Brown University gunman had yelled anything before shooting two people.
On Saturday, an unidentified man gunned down two students on the campus of Brown University in Rhode Island.
One of the victims was 19-year-old Ella Cook, the vice president of the school’s Republican Club.
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At a news conference on Monday, Perez repeatedly dismissed questions about whether the shooter had yelled “Allahu Akbar!” before killing the victims.
The police are refusing to say what the Brown University shooter yelled before opening fire and kiIIing 2 people
Witnesses say he shouted “Allahu Akbar.”
Why are the police covering this
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