On Saturday, a gunman opened fire in a lecture hall at Brown University in Rhode Island, killing two people and injuring nine others during the height of exam season at the Ivy League institution. Though authorities announced they had taken a person of interest into custody, the individual was later released, the suspect in the incident remains at large, and the manhunt continues as the quiet community is still reeling from the violent incident. Here’s what we know so far.

Providence Police Chief Oscar Perez shared newly-obtained video footage and photos of the alleged suspect, saying that they’re following a new lead in the days-long investigation.

Per Perez, the images are from Saturday around 2 p.m., a few hours before the shooting. In the footage, the suspect can be seen walking in a residential area. For the first time, the images include the suspect’s face which appears to be covered by a black face mask.

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“We’re asking the public for assistance to be able to identify this individual,” he said.

A reporter asked Providence Mayor Brett Smiley about an alarm installed by Brown University that reportedly did not send off a warning to the school community about the active shooter and why that was the case, noting that no representatives were at today’s press conference.

Smiley said they would have to direct that question to Brown officials. “This is not a decision that the city of Providence or any of the other law enforcement partners that you see behind me can trigger that alarm. I don’t know the answer to that,” he said.

But the mayor defended the university and said it has been a “close collaborator” in this investigation and that there’s nothing to read into their absence at the briefing.

The FBI’s flyer describes the suspect as “male, approximately 5’8” with a stocky build.”

Ted Docks, the FBI agent-in-charge of the Boston field office, announced that the agency is now offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the perpetrator whom he said is considered “armed and dangerous.”

Docks said the FBI is still continuing its work in the Providence area, noting that its evidence response teams are still on campus and agents from Quantico’s lab are “documenting the trajectories of the bullets to reconstruct the scene.”

“We are asking the public to be patient as we continue to run down every lead so we can get victims, survivors and their families and all of you the answers you deserve,” he said.

#BREAKING: The FBI and @ProvidenceRIPD are releasing new images of a person of interest in the mass shooting at Brown University on 12/13/25. The #FBI is offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest, and conviction of the individual.… pic.twitter.com/OhpnsN9fds

Our Cut colleague Andrea González-Ramírez notes how far-right conspiracy theories focused on one of the victims of the Brown University shooting have been emerging:

Far-right figures have fixated on Cook’s death in particular to claim that the shooter sought to harm conservatives, even though investigators have not identified a suspect. “I’m told she was allegedly targeted for her conservative beliefs, hunted, and killed in cold blood,” William Donahue, president of the College Republicans of America, said on X, offering no evidence supporting his allegation. Far-right podcast host Benny Johnson also claimed without proof in an X post that the shooting appeared to be a targeted attack, saying, “The left’s violent rhetoric has turned into nationwide violence. If we don’t crush this threat now, we lose everything. It’s only escalating.” Chaya Raichik, who runs the far-right social media account LibsofTikTok, quote-tweeted an unconfirmed report on X claiming the attack was planned against Cook and added that her death meant it was “open season on Conservatives now.” Conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer, New York City Councilwoman Vicky Paladino, and podcast host CJ Pearson amplified these allegations, too.

Read the rest here.

Speaking from the Oval Office Monday, President Trump said the investigation into the Brown University shooting was “moving along,” but that the shooter’s motive was still unknown. “Hopefully they’re going to capture this animal,” he said.

President Trump on Brown University: “Hopefully they're going to capture this animal...You'll really have to ask the school a little more about that because this was a school problem. They had their own guards, they had their own police…We came in after the fact..." pic.twitter.com/dNvJGj2yFQ

But when a reporter asked why the FBI has had struggled to identify the shooter, the president........

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