Brett Smiley

Ultimately, we want to make sure that every community member that calls Providence home feels safe.

And we can both agree that this mural behind us does not reflect Providence's values, nor does it reflect the creativity that we want to see in our city.

Certainly it's frustrating that this investigation continues to take time.

And I, along with all of my fellow residents, would love to have a suspect in custody and charges pressed.

But the investigation is progressing.

We're communicating that progress to the community.

We're showing new video evidence, new photos as we start to piece together the events of Saturday.

This is a very active investigation, very complex investigation.

I want to remind you that this is a very active investigation, very complex investigation, and there's no one that wants to put this individual in handcuffs than us.

We want to inform the community that that individual will shortly be released from Providence Police.

We know that this is likely to cause fresh anxiety for our community.

Ever since the initial call, now a day and a half ago, we have not received any credible or specific threats to the Providence community.

And so the status of safety in our community remains unchanged.

And we believe that you remain safe in our community.

The call came in for the shooting at 4.05 p.m.

on Saturday.

It's Monday morning, 10 a.m.

Eastern, and there has not been a single credible or specific threat that we've received since that time.

And so just because of those facts, that's why we believe it is safe and appropriate for

residents of Providence to be sending their kids to school today and to be out in the community.