Authorities Say They Will Release Person of Interest Detained in Brown University Shooting

Dec 14, 2025 | 10:17 PM

First responders with the Providence Fire Department maneuver an empty stretcher near the Barus & Holley building, home to the engineering and physics departments and the site of a mass shooting, at Brown University campus in Providence, Rhode Island, on December 13, 2025. A gunman killed two people and critically wounded eight others in the afternoon of December 13 at prestigious Brown University, authorities said, urging people in the area to remain in lockdown as the attacker was still at large. (Photo by Bing Guan / AFP via Getty Images)

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Officials in Providence say they will release a person of interest detained in a Brown University shooting that killed two students and injured nine. Officials made the disclosure at a hastily convened news conference on Sunday night, more than 12 hours after revealing that they had detained a person in connection with the attack. Saturday’s attack set off hours of chaos across the Ivy League campus as hundreds of officers searched for the shooter and urged students and staff to shelter in place.