Fox News contributor Paul Mauro said sources told him that live ammunition was found at the shooting scene at Brown University, marking a positive sign for the investigation as police continue to search for the unidentified shooter.
“What I can tell you from my sources is that I think quite significantly, they have live rounds, that is, rounds that were not fired on detonated rounds,” Mauro said during an appearance on “Fox & Friends” on Thursday. “Why does that matter? Because shell casings have enclosed a detonation. That’s how bullets work. Which means they often destroy evidence and they’re scorched.”
“In the case of live rounds, think about what happens there on a nine millimeter automatic,” Mauro continued. “The perpetrator has to fat finger those live rounds, bullets, into a magazine, which is the sleeve that holds them and that gets put into the handle of the gun. That’s how a semi-automatic works.”
Mauro said the evidence could be a “positive sign for the investigation” that has stretched into a sixth day Thursday.
“Live rounds at the scene, I think, is a hopeful sign for getting usable DNA, even if he’s not in the database,” Mauro said.