BOSTON (WTNH) — Officials involved in the Brown University shooting investigation revealed Friday that they initially thought the suspected shooter was going to fly out of a Connecticut airport in his escape, according to an ABC interview with the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts Leah Foley.
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Foley said that, once investigators had identified a person of interest, law enforcement agencies across New England were notified and on high alert. She said every airport in the region was “flooded” with Homeland Security Investigations agents in hopes of intercepting the suspect.
“There were people in Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, who were all activated,” Foley said. “We had no idea if he was going to act again in New England or try to leave New England, and so every [Customs and Border Patrol] office was notified, everyone had his picture, his identifying biographical information, and it was truly a blanketed manhunt.”
Foley said investigators tried to anticipate the suspect’s next moves while tracing his steps and trying to prevent him from leaving New England. Initially, it was believed the suspect might have been headed for a flight out of Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks after the shootings…