Person of interest ID’d in Brown University shooting that killed two, injured 9 

Joe Marino and Ronny Reyes / NEW YORK POST

The person of interest in the deadly mass shooting at Brown University has been ID’d as a 24-year-old man from Wisconsin who served in the Army and supported statehood for DC, law-enforcement sources told The Post.

Benjamin Erickson was nabbed ​before dawn Sunday at ​a Hampton Inn in Coventry, RI, ​after an 11-hour manhunt following a gunman open​ing fire at the Ivy League institution’s Providence campus during a final-exam study session Saturday.

Erickson, who ​is originally from Wisconsin, has lived in an apartment ​in Washington, DC, since 2024, with his voter registry showing a “statehood” party affiliation, according to public records. 

He served as an infantryman in the US Army from May 2021 to November 2024, leaving the military with the rank of specialist, an Army rep told The Post.

The shooter was armed with a handgun and fired more than 40 .9mm rounds during the ​Saturday’s chaos, ​which left two students dead and nine more wounded, law-enforcement officials said. Read more and see video here.