Brown MASSACRE – Three Days, No Arrest

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Three days after a mass shooting at Brown University left two students dead and nine wounded, the gunman remains unidentified and at large despite enhanced surveillance footage and a massive federal manhunt offering a $50,000 reward.

Story Overview

Enhanced surveillance footage released December 16 shows clearest images yet of suspected Brown University shooter
FBI offers $50,000 reward as multi-agency manhunt continues with suspect still unidentified
Two Brown students killed, nine wounded in December 13 classroom shooting during final exam week
Gunman used 9mm handgun, fled campus immediately after attack in engineering building
Classes and exams cancelled for remainder of fall term as campus grapples with ongoing security threat

Enhanced Video Emerges as Critical Evidence

Providence Police and the FBI released new enhanced surveillance footage showing the suspected Brown University shooter walking through areas near campus. The enhanced recordings provide the clearest public visual evidence to date, with investigators hoping the improved image quality will generate crucial tips from the public. Police Chief Oscar Perez described the footage as “the clearest picture we have of the individual we believe to be responsible.”

The December 16 release marks the latest attempt to crowdsource identification of the gunman who opened fire in a first-floor lecture hall during an economics review session. Initial security footage was released the night of the shooting, but technical enhancement and additional camera angles have now provided investigators with multiple perspectives of the suspect’s movements before and after the attack.

Deadly Attack Disrupts Elite Campus During Finals

The shooter entered Brown University’s Barus & Holley engineering building on December 13 around 4:05 p.m., targeting Room 166 where a teaching assistant was conducting a review session for an introductory economics course. Ella Cook, vice president of Brown College Republicans, and Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, a recent Virginia high school graduate who immigrated from Uzbekistan as a child, were killed in the attack.

Nine other Brown students suffered gunshot wounds, with at least one victim initially listed in critical condition. The attack occurred during the second day of Fall 2025 final examination week, when the 186-seat lecture hall was crowded with students preparing for upcoming tests. The gunman fled immediately after the shooting, exiting through the Hope Street side of the building.

Federal Resources Mobilized as Manhunt Intensifies

More than 400 officers from Providence Police, Rhode Island State Police, FBI, and ATF descended on the campus and surrounding areas following the shooting. The FBI conducted raids on a Coventry hotel and searched locations in multiple jurisdictions, though no arrests have been made. Attorney General Peter Neronha clarified that a man detained during the Coventry raid was released and “has no basis to be considered a person of interest.”

Federal investigators confirmed the shooter used a 9mm handgun based on ballistics evidence recovered from the scene. Overnight snowfall following the attack hampered forensic collection efforts, particularly fingerprint analysis and trace evidence gathering. The FBI’s $50,000 reward offer underscores the federal priority placed on capturing the gunman, who remains the subject of an active manhunt spanning multiple states.