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Brown University shooting suspect images released by FBI<\/p>\n
Authorities released suspect images in the Brown University shooting as FBI and police intensify investigation in Providence, Rhode Island.<\/p>\n
Authorities on Monday released new photos and videos of a person of interest dressed in dark clothing as officials search for the gunman in the deadly attack at Brown University<\/a> that killed two students and wounded nine others.<\/p>\n Providence, Rhode Island, Police Chief Oscar Perez released three videos of a person authorities said they are looking to identify who was walking in the area of Hope Street, near the university\u2019s campus. The person was seen wearing a beanie that covered part of their face.<\/p>\n \u201cWe’re at the 49th hour, and there’s no one that wants to put this individual in handcuffs more than us,\u201d Perez said at an evening news conference.<\/p>\n Officials also released two photos of the individual. Perez said the images were taken at 2 p.m. on Saturday, before a gunman burst into a classroom in an engineering building and opened fire. The new lead by authorities comes after they released a man they initially detained a day after the attack.<\/p>\n The shooting rocked Providence and the community at Brown, one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in the country. A tree and Menorah lighting on Sunday morphed into a solemn candlelight vigil for the victims of the attack.<\/p>\n “We want to see the individual that pulled the trigger on these young kids apprehended, identified and brought to justice,” Gov. Daniel McKee told reporters. “We want to make sure that all Rhode Islanders know that everything that is physically possible is being done.”<\/p>\n The two students who were killed in the mass shooting have been identified as Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov and Ella Cook, according to a U.S. Embassy in Uzbekistan and a church in Birmingham, Alabama, where Cook was a parishioner. Police have not officially identified the victims.<\/p>\n Rhode Island\u2019s top prosecutor hinted to reporters that the window to identify and catch a suspect is closing, adding that a breakthrough in the next 48 hours would be vital.\u00a0<\/p>\n “The sooner we can identify that person, the sooner we can blow this case open,” said Attorney General Peter Neronha. “But that has to happen in the next 24 to 48 hours.”\u00a0<\/p>\n He applauded investigators for sourcing the video police released on Dec. 15 of a person of interest: “I would describe today\u2019s work as making steady progress.”<\/p>\n Neronha\u2019s comments come after authorities released an earlier person of interest in the case. The state prosecutor said it was regrettable the person\u2019s name had been leaked.<\/p>\n The FBI is offering a reward of $50,000 for information that can lead to the identification of a person of interest in new videos and photos released by authorities.<\/p>\n Ted Docks, special agent in charge of FBI Boston, said the reward is for resources that lead to \u201cthe identification, the arrest and the conviction of the individual who we believe to be armed and dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n “While we mourn the devastating loss of the victims and those who are critically injured, the FBI and its partners are dedicated to honoring their memory through a meticulous investigation,\u201d Docks said at a news conference.<\/p>\n The @FBI<\/a> and @ProvidenceRIPD<\/a> are releasing new images of a person of interest in the mass shooting at Brown University on December 13, 2025.<\/p>\n The FBI is offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest, and conviction of the individual.\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/8LdPVxn7EV<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) December 15, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n President Donald Trump<\/a> said authorities do not yet know the motive of the gunman or whether the deadly shooting at Brown University was targeted.<\/p>\n \u201cHopefully they’re going to capture this animal,\u201d Trump told reporters at the White House.<\/p>\n When asked why it has been so difficult for the FBI to identify a shooter, the president said that was a question for university authorities.<\/p>\n \u201cYou’ll really have to ask the school a little bit more about that because this was a school problem,\u201d Trump said. \u201cThey had their own guards, they had their own police. They had their own everything. \u2026 The FBI will do a good job, but we came in after the fact.\u201d<\/p>\n Prospective undergraduate students who apply using early decision options to Brown University typically find out in mid-December if they’ve been admitted, but the college is delaying sending out those letters as the community mourns.<\/p>\n Brown’s undergraduate admissions department said in a statement on Sunday that the university will delay notifications for up to 48 hours \u201cas we grieve, heal, and begin to move forward together.”<\/p>\n \u2013 Antonia Noori Farzan<\/p>\n Providence police shared a short video on social media on Monday showing an individual, identified as a person of interest, walking down a sidewalk next to a line of trees while wearing dark clothes.<\/p>\n The footage, taken from a security camera at 144 Waterman St. in Providence, less than half a mile from the Brown University campus, shows the person continuing to walk down the street. That address is an apartment building about .2 miles from the Barus and Holley building where the shooting occurred.<\/p>\n The time stamp on the footage is 4:06 p.m. The shooting was first called in at 4:05 p.m.<\/p>\n Authorities asked anyone who recognizes the individual to contact a new tip center<\/a>. They did not immediately call the person in the video a suspect in the shooting.<\/p>\n Jack DiPrimio, 23, a Brown University graduate student, said his last text to his friend Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov was left unread Saturday night.<\/p>\n \u201cI just said, \u2018Where are you?\u2019\u201d DiPrimio said in an interview. \u201cI texted that to him when I found out people didn’t know where he was.\u201d<\/p>\n At the time, he didn\u2019t realize that Umurzokov, an undergraduate student he had grown close with over the fall semester, had been killed that night in the engineering building.<\/p>\n \u201cI can\u2019t believe he\u2019s gone,\u201d DiPrimio said.<\/p>\n DiPrimio said he met Umurzokov at a legal philosophy book event in early September.<\/p>\n \u201cWe connected after the talk because the author that came sort of didn\u2019t like the question I asked, and Mukhammad thought it was funny, so we started talking and got to know each other,\u201d DiPrimio said.<\/p>\n \u2212 Bailey Allen<\/p>\n Authorities continue to search for Brown University gunman<\/p>\n Authorities are still searching for the gunman who opened fire on Brown University’s campus during finals.<\/p>\n A Rhode Island Hospital spokesperson said medical personnel had treated nine victims from the shooting as of 1:15 p.m. on Monday.<\/p>\n Six of them are in critical but stable condition, while a seventh is in critical condition. One victim is in stable condition, and another was discharged.<\/p>\n \u2212 Jonny Williams<\/p>\n Vice President JD Vance<\/a> on Monday paid tribute to the two victims who were killed in the Brown University shooting.<\/p>\n In one post on X, Vance responded to a statement posted by the College Republicans of America that confirmed Ella Cook, one of the victims, was vice president of Brown University College Republicans.<\/p>\n \u201cThis beautiful young girl was one of the murdered students at Brown University,\u201d Vance said in his post<\/a>. \u201cIt takes special courage to lead an organization of conservatives on a left wing campus, and I am very sorry our country has lost one of its bright young stars.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cEternal rest grant unto her, O Lord,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Vance, in a separate post, also honored Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov.<\/p>\n \u201cIt looks like the second victim in the Brown shooting has been identified, a brilliant young man who dreamed of being a surgeon. May God rest the soul of MuhammadAziz Umurzakov,\u201d Vance wrote<\/a>. \u201cSay a prayer for everyone affected by this terrible tragedy, right before Christmas.\u201d<\/p>\n Former U.S. Attorney Zachary Cunha<\/a>, who was Rhode Island\u2019s top federal law enforcement officer until earlier this year, said the public should be wary of the speculation that armchair detectives are posting on social media about the mass shooting at Brown University<\/a>.<\/p>\n Reached by The Providence Journal, part of the USA TODAY Network, Cunha said past experience has shown there\u2019s an \u201cinherent desire\u201d that drives people to try and find answers or place blame.<\/p>\n “You really have to wait until law enforcement has done its job and all the facts are in,” he said. “I think there are plenty of examples historically of folks on social media either speculating or appointing themselves investigators and coming to conclusions that ultimately turn out to be wrong.”<\/p>\n “Unfortunately in these situations, you have to be patient,” Cunha added.<\/p>\n \u2013 Katherine Gregg, The Providence Journal<\/p>\n The crowdfunding website GoFundMe<\/a> has confirmed two credible fundraising efforts related to the Brown University shooting: one for a single specific deceased student and another for the victims as a whole.<\/p>\n The page for the “Support for Brown University Shooting Victims” GoFundMe<\/a> said that funds raised will help the victims of the attack and their families pay medical bills and\/or funeral expenses. At the time of writing, it accumulated $86,879 out of its $120,000 fundraising goal.<\/p>\n The “In Memory of MukhammadAziz Umurzokov” page<\/a> said that funds raised will go to help the Umurzokov family with any expenses they face. Leftover funds will be donated to a charity in his name. They have raised $272,089 of their $460,000 goal.<\/p>\n \u2013 Katie Landeck, The Providence Journal<\/p>\n White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt offered condolences to Ella Cook, one of the students killed in the deadly shooting on Brown University\u2019s campus.<\/p>\n Brown University College Republicans, in a statement posted to X, described Cook, who was the organization\u2019s vice president, as being \u201cknown for her bold, brave, and kind heart\u2026\u201d The statement was shared through the College Republicans of America X account.\u00a0<\/p>\n Leavitt reposted the X post, adding \u201cThere are no words.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThinking of her family and friends, especially her parents. God please bless them,\u201d Leavitt said in the post<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Department of Public Safety at Brown University on Sunday evening said it \u201cmore than doubled its staffing\u201d as the manhunt is underway for the gunman in the deadly campus shooting.<\/p>\n The department said that Providence police are leading the investigation and that there will also be a heightened amount of local, state and federal police activity in the area.<\/p>\n \u201cWe continue to make every effort to ensure the safety and security of the campus,\u201d according to an alert by Brown University<\/a>. \u201cWe are also advising every member of the Brown community to be vigilant in their own activities on campus.\u201d<\/p>\n One other university in the state is canceling in-person exams as authorities search for the gunman in the deadly shooting at Brown University.<\/p>\n University of Rhode Island, located in South Kingstown, roughly 30 miles from Providence, announced it will not hold in-person exams on Monday in an effort to \u201cprioritize the well-being of our community.\u201d Online exams will proceed as scheduled, the university said.<\/p>\n \u201cImportantly, there is no known threat to our campuses; this decision follows consideration of concerns shared by members of our community,\u201d according to an alert<\/a> from the university.\u00a0<\/p>\n Trump<\/a>\u00a0responded to the mass shooting over the weekend at Brown University, telling a crowd gathered at the White House that “things can happen”<\/a> while offering “deepest regards” to the families of students who died and urging a speedy recovery for the injured.<\/p>\n “Brown University, great school… really one of the greatest schools anywhere in the world,”\u00a0Trump said Sunday<\/a> at a White House Christmas reception. “Things can happen. So to the nine injured – get well fast; and to the families of those two that are no longer with us, I pay my deepest regards and respects from the United States of America.”<\/p>\n \u2013 Zac Anderson<\/p>\n\n
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