Brown mass shooting and MIT professor murder may be linked: Sources

The mass shooting at Brown University and the murder of an MIT professor in Brookline, Massachusetts, may be linked, multiple sources briefed on the investigation told ABC News.

The information about a possible connection between the two incidents was developed in the last 24 hours as detectives working on both cases compared notes, the sources said.

The sources also said investigators believe they are close to identifying a suspect.

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