Search for the Brown University Shooter Continues as Questions Swirl About Campus Security

Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Noronha (C) speaks during a press conference into the ongoing investigation into the December 13 mass shooting at Brown University, at the Providence Public Safety Complex in Providence, Rhode Island, on December 15, 2025. A gunman remained at large after a weekend mass shooting at elite Brown University left two dead and nine wounded, with US authorities releasing new footage of a masked “person of interest” captured on surveillance cameras. The shooting took place Saturday in a building where exams were underway on the Ivy League campus in Providence, Rhode Island when a man with a rifle burst in and opened fire before fleeing. (Photo by Bing Guan / AFP via Getty Images)

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Authorities are again searching for the person seen in grainy video walking away from the Brown University shooting that killed two students and injured nine. Officials said late Sunday that they released a person of interest they had detained earlier in the day, finding no reason to keep him in custody. This setback left law enforcement without a known suspect. The shooting happened Saturday during a busy time on campus, causing chaos and a lockdown. During a news conference Monday, authorities released three new videos that showed a masked man in a dark jacket two hours before the attack. Although the footage didn’t show his face, the video provided the clearest images yet of the suspect.