🇺🇸🇻🇪🇨🇳⚡- BREAKING: A Chinese VLCC tanker, carrying 1.8 million barrels of Venezuela's highest-grade Merey 16 crude, has departed from Jose Terminal, Venezuela, towards China.

The shadow vessel is receiving an escort by the Venezuelan navy.

🇺🇸⚡️- BREAKING: Fox Now is reporting that authorities are searching for a vehicle in Salem, New Hampshire, believed to be connected to the Brown University shooting.

Three helicopters, all believed to be associated with local and/or federal law enforcement, are circling above the New Hampshire-Massachusetts border.

🇺🇸⚡️- According to local sources, federal and state law enforcement are armed with long rifles and night vision in the area.

A vehicle has reportedly been located, but no suspect has been found.

🇺🇸⚡️- Large gathering of law enforcement in Salem, New Hampshire.

A heavy police presence is reported in other parts of the town as the manhunt intensifies.

🇺🇸⚡️- BREAKING: Boston 25 reports that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and other armed state authorities have surrounded a location in Salem, New Hampshire.

Boston 25 has not published images of the scenes in order to "protect the investigation."

🇺🇸⚡️- Unconfirmed reports: The suspect that authorities have been searching for has reportedly been found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a storage unit in Salem, New Hampshire.

Unconfirmed at this time.

🇺🇸 - Correction: All three helicopters loitering above Salem, New Hampshire are news helicopters.

🇺🇸⚡️- Scenes from Salem, New Hampshire. Federal and state authorities have cordoned off roadways and blocked streets with unmarked cruisers.

Footage taken by Luke Brenner.

🇺🇸⚡️- Local media, as well as geolocations of known police presence, shows that police are surrounding Extra Space Storage on Hampshire Drive in Salem, New Hampshire.

Corroborates earlier reports from Boston 25 that police are surrounding a storage building.

🇺🇸⚡️- Rerum Novarum has geolocated this gathering of law enforcement to 42°44'33.2"N 71°12'07.0"W.

In the parking lot of Key Collision of Salem on Hampshire Road in Salem, New Hampshire. Authorities are surrounding Extra Space Storage, just next door.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡️- A U.S. Air force E-3C Sentry, airborne early warning and control aircraft, is currently loitering off the coast of Venezuela.

🇺🇸⚡️- Federal agents are searching the vehicle believed to be connected to the Brown University shooting suspect.

The vehicle is parked just outside the Extra Space Storage building.

🇺🇸⚡️- BREAKING: Police now believe that the shooting at Brown University and the murder of Nuno Loureiro are connected!

🇺🇸⚡️- Unconfirmed reports: Locals report that an FBI negotiator is on scene in Salem, New Hampshire.

This may explain why federal officers have yet to breach the building; they may be attempting to convince the suspect to peacefully surrender.

🇺🇸⚡️- Sources on the ground, citing a law enforcement official, say that authorities have yet to establish contact with the suspected shooter inside the Extra Space Storage building.

🇺🇸⚡️- Armed law enforcement begins to enter the Extra Space Storage facility in Salem, NH.

🇺🇸⚡️- “Law enforcement officials tell CNN that the suspect had used more than one set of license plates on the vehicle.” - CNN.

🇺🇸⚡️- At this time, there’s been no contact with the suspect and no confirmation that the suspect is even inside of the Extra Space Storage facility in Salem, NH.

If the suspect was dead, there likely would've been an ambulance on scene, which there is not.

🇺🇸⚡️- "Dear Methuen Residents,
Federal authorities, with the assistance of state and local law enforcement agencies, including the Methuen Police Department, are currently mobilizing resources at the border by Salem, NH/Methuen at Rt. 28.
This activity is connected to an ongoing effort to locate a suspect in an active investigation into a recent death.
At this time, there is no information indicating an imminent risk to the public or residents of Methuen. However, we encourage everyone to remain vigilant and exercise heightened caution.
In particular, if you observe any individuals on foot who appear out of place, unfamiliar to the area, or behaving in a manner that seems unusual or suspicious, please report it immediately to the Methuen Police Department by calling 978-983-8698 (non-emergency) or 911 in an emergency.
We appreciate your cooperation and understanding as law enforcement works to ensure community safety.
Updates will be provided as appropriate.
Thank you"
- Methuen Police Department, located near by the Storage Unit in Salem.