Brown University custodian says he reported gunman multiple times before shooting

“Really simple. Go with your gut feeling.”

That’s what Brown University custodian Derek Lisi is saying after he noticed and reported a suspicious person on campus numerous times before last weekend’s deadly shooting.

Lisi told Target 12 he remembers seeing the gunman more than a dozen times canvassing the Barus and Holley building and surrounding areas before the Dec. 13 attack.

“We interact with the students all the time,” Lisi said. “This hits close to home because it’s our workplace. We spend more time there than we do at home because of the shift that we work.”

Lisi works at the Engineering Research Center, which is a short walk from Barus and Holley, and often goes through the latter on his way to take out the trash.

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