New footage shows Brown University shooting person of interest as suspect remains at large
Providence police looking for individual who was ‘in proximity’ to Brown person of interest
Providence police on Wednesday said they are looking for an individual who was believed to be “in proximity” to the person of interest being sought in connection with the deadly shooting at Brown University.
“Investigators are asking for the public’s help in identifying and speaking to the individual shown in these photos who was in proximity of the person of interest,” the post on X read.
Authorities urged anyone with information to contact the police tip line at 401-272-3121.
Investigators are asking for the public’s help in identifying and speaking to the individual shown in these photos who was in proximity of the person of interest.
Anyone with information is urged to contact the tip line at 401-272-3121. pic.twitter.com/DJ26rruuc9
— Providence Police (@ProvidenceRIPD) December 17, 2025
There are no guards or gates at the entry points of most spaces on the Brown University campus, and while most buildings are accessible during the day, they require ID cards to enter after hours, a spokesperson for the university said in a statement Wednesday.
University spokesperson Brian Clark likened Brown, and most college campuses, to cities that are largely open spaces.
“We would hope people understand that college campuses are more like cities than corporate headquarters or a school in a self-contained building with one or a few points of entry,” the statement said. “Just like cities and communities across the country, most spaces on campuses do not have guards or gates at every point of access.”
While buildings are mostly accessible during the day time, those wishing to enter these spaces after hours must swipe a university ID, he said.
“This is common across the nation and is the case at Brown for many buildings, including academic buildings, the campus center, athletics facilities and many facilities with administrative offices,” Clark said.
He noted that Brown has heightened security on campus “considerably” in the days following the deadly shooting, adding “we will do a large-scale systematic security review of the entire campus.”
“We know we live in a different time,” the statement said.
A Brown University spokesperson released a statement on Wednesday addressing the school’s emergency alert systems following criticism of its response in the immediate aftermath of the deadly campus shooting.
The statement said that a decision was made not to sound the school’s alert siren, which is used for campus-wide emergencies including natural disasters.
“Our public safety team made the decision not to deploy the siren to avoid inadvertently sending community members into the path of an active shooter who was reported to be in a University building complex,” the statement said.
The spokesperson said its primary emergency notification system, called the BrownAlert system, reached approximately 20,000 people “minutes” after its Department of Public Safety was alerted to the shots fired on campus. This system, according to Brown, delivers warnings via phone, text and email.
The statement said the alert provided specific information on what location to avoid as DPS officers responded to the area of the reported shooting.
Critics have called the university’s immediate response following the shooting into question.
While the university now says it chose not to sound its Alert Siren on campus, the first alert message sent out to students and staff came at 4:22 p.m., 17 minutes after the shooting happened.
The person of interest was seen walking away from the Barus and Holley engineering building on surveillance video at about 4:06 p.m., according to authorities.
The Providence Police Department (PPD), which continues to be the lead investigative agency on the case, sent out an alert 43 minutes after the shooting, at 4:49 p.m. Saturday, but did not confirm the nature of the incident.
Nearly an hour and a half after the shooting, at 5:33 p.m., police finally confirmed multiple people were shot “in the area of Brown University,” requesting students shelter in place.
Source: Foxnews.com
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