Rhode Island governor says officials working hard to catch Brown shooter | Brown University shooting
Rhode Island’s governor insisted Monday evening that everything was being done by law enforcement to catch the person responsible for Saturday’s mass shooting at Brown University, the state’s capital, that left two people dead and nine others injured, and a massive manhunt is ongoing.
“We want to see the person who pulled the trigger on these young kids be identified, captured and brought to justice,” the state’s governor, Democrat Daniel McKee, said at a news conference early Monday evening.
Meanwhile, authorities released several excerpts of video footage of a new man wanted in connection with the deadly shooting.
The clips showed a man in dark clothing walking briskly down a sidewalk not far from the college campus in Providence, Rhode Island’s capital.
“We’re asking for help from the public,” Providence police Chief Oscar Perez said at the news conference.
The FBI announced a reward of $50,000 for information leading to solving the case. The video clips were recorded before the shooting, authorities said.
Police do not have the identity of the person of interest or clear images of the person’s face. New clips and photos released Monday evening showed the person wearing a hat or winter headscarf that went over their ears and covered the lower part of their face.
Rhode Island attorney general Peter Neronha told CNN on Monday afternoon that the man was considered possibly armed and dangerous.
This comes after the previous man originally detained in the case was released from custody by authorities.
The atmosphere on campus and in the New England city remained one of fear and intense vigilance Monday.
The two students who died in the tragedy at the elite Ivy League university in Rhode Island on Saturday are being remembered.
Ella Cook, a sophomore from Alabama, was “incredible, down-to-earth, faithful and a bright light,” according to Birmingham Advent Cathedral Church, which remembered her at Sunday’s service.
Cook was vice president of Brown’s chapter of the College Republicans of America. the group said. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt also sent He expressed his condolences to X, saying in part: “No words needed. Thinking of his family and friends, especially his parents.”
Family members said the other person killed was Uzbek citizen Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, who was in his first year at the university.
Umurzokov’s identity was confirmed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan.
“He was incredibly kind, funny and smart. He had big dreams of becoming a brain surgeon and helping people,” his sister Samira Umurzokova said in a speech about the GoFundMe campaign organized to support his family.
Nine more people were injured in an attack on the engineering building of Brown’s campus in Providence on Saturday during the school’s final exam period.
A 24-year-old man arrested in a raid on a Hampton Inn about 17 miles from campus will be released, authorities said late Sunday.
“We have a killer out there,” Neronha said at the press conference.
“Sometimes you go one way and then you have to regroup and go another way, which is exactly what’s happened in the last 24 hours.”
Providence mayor Brett Smiley acknowledged: “We know this could cause new concerns in our community.”
The gunman opened fire on a classroom in the engineering building Saturday afternoon, firing more than 40 rounds from a 9 mm handgun, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.
Law enforcement officers raided the hotel and seized two handguns and two 30-round magazines when the first suspect was taken into custody, the news agency reported.
One of the nine injured students has been released from the hospital, Brown’s president, Christina Paxson, said. Seven others were in critical but stable condition and one was in critical condition, police said Sunday.
Durham Academy, a private K-12 school in Durham, North Carolina, said recent graduate Kendall Turner was among those critically injured.
“Our school community is rallying around Kendall, his classmates, and his loved ones, and we will continue to offer our full support in the days ahead,” the school said in a statement, adding that his parents were with him in the hospital.
Cook was remembered at a church service Sunday in Birmingham. “He was an incredible, down-to-earth, loyal and shining light who not only thrived here in the countless ways he served faithfully and encouraged and lifted up those around him, but he was also an incredible light in that special place at Brown University,” said Rev R Craig Smalley.
Martin Bertao, president of the College Republicans of America, released a statement from the group to X. “Ella was known for being brave, courageous and kind-hearted while serving her department and her classmates,” he said.
“Our prayers are with his family, our Brown.” [College Republicans]and the entire campus as it recovers from this tragedy.
US Ambassador to Uzbekistan Jonathan Henick said he was “deeply saddened” by Umurzokov’s death. a tribute It was published on the embassy’s website.
“We extend our sincere condolences to Mr. Umurzokov’s family, friends and fellow students and mourn the loss of his bright future,” he wrote, adding the words “marhumni Xudo rahmat qilsin”, which means “marhumni Xudo rahmat qilsin” in Uzbek. May God have mercy on the deceased.
“He always gave a helping hand to anyone in need without hesitation and was the most kind-hearted person our family has ever known. Our family is incredibly devastated by this loss,” Umurzokov’s sister said in a statement accompanying the GoFundMe appeal.
Saturday’s killings at Brown, the nation’s seventh-oldest institution of higher education with about 7,300 undergraduate and 3,000 graduate students, occurred during one of at least 392 mass shootings reported in the United States so far in 2025. Gun Violence Archive. Monday was the 349th day of the year.
The Gun Violence Archive, a nonpartisan resource, defines mass shootings as incidents in which four or more victims are injured or killed.
