Providence Mayor Brett Smiley has been thrust into the national spotlight following the mass shooting at Brown University that killed two students and injured nine more.

The person of interest detained early Sunday in connection with Saturday’s deadly shooting at Brown University is being released, Mayor Brett Smiley announced Sunday night, in a serious blow to the investigation into the attack.

The mass shooting at Brown University has shoved Providence Mayor Brett Smiley into the national spotlight, causing some people, largely outside of the state to ask who he is.

The city’s preparation did not prevent the violence, and no amount of planning can blunt the horror of it. But in the chaotic hours that followed, it did matter.

Providence Mayor Brett Smiley joins ABC News Live to share an update on the deadly mass shooting at Brown University.

Providence Mayor Brett Smiley says the people of the city “should breathe a little easier this morning,” as he confirmed a shelter-in-place order had been lifted around Brown University after a person of interest was taken into custody early Sunday.

Providence Mayor Brett Smiley joins 12 News Anchor Kayla Fish for this edition of Community Focus. Noem was questioned about her department's deportation practices during a tense hearing in Washington, D.C.

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