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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J.J. Green

JJ Green is WTOP's National Security Correspondent. He reports daily on security, intelligence, foreign policy, terrorism and cyber developments, and provides regular on-air and online analysis. He is also the host of two podcasts: Target USA and Colors: A Dialogue on Race in America.

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