Providence Police Chief Col. Oscar Perez said in a news conference Tuesday that they had discovered that the individual suspected of carrying out the deadly shooting had been in the College Hill neighborhood earlier Saturday, around 10:30 a.m. local time, and was believed to be casing the scene.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe have video footage of that and we believe that he was actually casing out this area to commit the crime,\u201d Perez said.<\/p>\n
The Providence Police Department released an enhanced image Tuesday showing a person who resembles other images shared by officials.<\/p>\n
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A still image from surveillance camera video released by the Providence Police Department shows a man that the police hope the public can help identify in connection with the Dec. 13, 2025, shooting at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Photo by Providence Police Department\/ Handout via Reuters<\/p>\n
The police chief asked community members to review any footage they may have of the residential area. \u201cOur offices, our agents are looking at terabytes of data and we\u2019re looking for a moment that is shorter than somebody taking a breath,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Perez also asked the public to study the posture and body movements of the potential suspect captured on video, in case it sparked recognition for anyone who might help with identification.<\/p>\n
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The person of interest in connection with the Dec. 13, 2025, shooting at Brown University, in Providence, Rhode Island, in a screengrab from video released by the Providence Police. Photo by Providence Police\/via Reuters<\/p>\n
The shooting and its fallout has kept the Brown campus, surrounding neighborhoods and the greater Providence area on edge.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is going to be hard for my city to feel safe going forward,\u201d said Providence Mayor Brett Smiley during a Monday briefing. \u201cThis has shaken us.\u201d<\/p>\n
WATCH: Providence community reels from deadly shooting and lockdown at Brown University<\/a><\/p>\n Addressing the public\u2019s anxiety over the suspect\u2019s whereabouts, the mayor reassured residents of increased, visible police presence in the city, intended to help put people at ease, whether they\u2019re commuting to work or dropping children off at school.<\/p>\n On Tuesday, FBI Special Agent Ted Docks said the FBI has \u201calmost 30 victim specialists, special agents and analysts from all over the country\u201d deployed to Providence to support survivors and the loved ones of the victims.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s the latest on what we know.<\/p>\n What do we know about the shooting?<\/p>\n A gunman opened fire shortly after 4 p.m. EST on Saturday, Dec. 13, inside a first-floor classroom at the Barus & Holley building, which houses Brown\u2019s engineering and physics departments. Students at the Ivy League school had been preparing for final exams and the upcoming winter break.<\/p>\n READ MORE: At least 2 people killed, 8 injured in shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island<\/a><\/p>\n According to witness accounts, a masked man carrying a handgun entered the room and started shooting. A teaching assistant who was leading an economics class review session ahead of a final exam Tuesday told The New York Times that he hid behind a desk with about 20 students, while those in the middle rows of the classroom had the most difficulty avoiding the gunfire.<\/p>\n Perez said a 9 mm handgun was used in the shooting.<\/p>\n Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha noted Tuesday that the shooting took place in an older part of the Barus & Holley building, where there were \u201cfewer, if any cameras.\u201d A recent addition to the original building added cameras to the newer section, Neronha said.<\/p>\n What do we know about the suspect?<\/p>\n Videos and images from the surrounding residential neighborhood show a man in dark clothing wearing a dark surgical-style mask and hat. The person\u2019s face isn\u2019t clearly visible in the images. <\/p>\n The FBI described the individual as a male who\u2019s about 5 feet 8 inches tall with a stocky build.<\/p>\n An image posted to FBI Director Kash Patel\u2019s X account and shown at a news conference shows a person described as an unknown suspect in the Brown University shooting, Dec. 15, 2025. Photo by FBI\/ Handout via Reuters<\/p>\n Officials encouraged the public to come forward with any information about the suspect in the visuals. The FBI\u2019s Boston field office offered a $50,000 reward for information that leads to the identification, arrest and conviction of the shooter.<\/p>\n Authorities have yet to determine a motive.<\/p>\n What do we know about the person of interest who was released?<\/p>\n Police faced a major setback on Sunday when they weren\u2019t able to connect a prior \u201cperson of interest\u201d to the shooting.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Authorities release person of interest detained in Brown University shooting<\/a><\/p>\n Following up on an anonymous tip, police detained a 24-year-old Wisconsin man Sunday at a hotel in Coventry, Rhode Island, but released the individual later that night because there was no basis to hold them.<\/p>\n Neronha reiterated in briefings that this person was \u201ccleared\u201d and no longer a person of interest. He and other officials stressed that this kind of development reflects how an investigation can shift and lead them in a different direction.<\/p>\n Who were the victims?<\/p>\n The two people killed in the shooting were undergraduate students at Brown.<\/p>\n MuhammadAziz Umurzakov was a first-year student from Midlothian, Virginia, who \u201chad big dreams of becoming a neurosurgeon,\u201d his sister said in a GoFundMe campaign. while writing that her brother was \u201cincredibly kind, funny, and smart.\u201d The family members are naturalized citizens who left Uzbekistan for the United States in 2011.<\/p>\n Ella Cook was a sophomore from Mountain Brook, Alabama, who served as vice president of Brown\u2019s chapter of College Republicans of America. The group released a statement Sunday to offer condolences and paid tribute to Cook\u2019s \u201cbold, brave, and kind heart.\u201d<\/p>\n WATCH: Brown University student says there\u2019s still \u2018fear in the air\u2019 as hunt for gunman continues<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThese were two young people whose amazing promise was extinguished too soon,\u201d Brown University President Christina H. Paxson said in a statement Tuesday. \u201cBoth were at or near the beginning of their Brown journey \u2014 actually, they were at the beginning of a lot of things.\u201d<\/p>\n School officials have not released the names of the students who were injured in the attack, due to privacy concerns.<\/p>\n Frustrations grow in the shooting aftermath<\/p>\n Brown officials decided to cancel all remaining classes, exams, papers and projects for the semester.<\/p>\n Officials\u2019 renewed calls for help with identifying the shooter has raised questions over the lack of video footage on campus. In briefings, officials said there were few cameras in and nearby the Barus & Holley building that was targeted in the shooting.<\/p>\n Some Brown students, including those who had hid for hours on campus during the school\u2019s shelter-in-place order, told reporters that their longheld sense of safety in the small city had been broken and that they felt vulnerable with the shooter still at large.<\/p>\n![\"Manhunt](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2025-12-15T230433Z_449242024_RC2AHIAQ5MPP_RTRMADP_3_USA-SHOOTING-BROWN-1.jpg\")
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