The Hunt: Why did the Brown University shooter choose that location?

Authorities in Rhode Island are continuing their search for a suspect after a deadly shooting at Brown University over the weekend.

On this week’s episode of “The Hunt with WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green,” Dr. Hans Jakob-Schindler, senior director at the Counter Extremism Project, says terrorists covet open locations for attacks.

WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green speaks with Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler about the search for the Brown University shooter.

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Tadiwos Abedje

Tadi Abedje is a freelance digital writer/editor for WTOP. He was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up in Northern Virginia. Journalism has been his No. 1 passion since he was a kid and he is blessed to be around people, telling their stories and sharing them with the world.

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