Posted on 12/15/2025 10:26:19 AM PST by Red Badger
Authorities moved to release a person of interest they arrested Sunday over a deadly mass shooting at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, extending the manhunt to its third day.
The FBI and police have not identified a suspect since the perpetrator opened fire with a handgun in the school’s engineering building during final exams on Saturday, killing two students and wounding nine others, officials said Sunday night. The FBI pursued a local police lead to arrest the initial person of interest in Coventry, FBI Director Kash Patel said on X earlier that day, thanking “the men and women of the FBI and our partners.”
Video of person of interest in Brown shooting: pic.twitter.com/fjufQ3MTdC
— Providence Police (@ProvidenceRIPD) December 14, 2025
“Certainly, there was some degree of evidence that pointed to this individual, but that evidence needed to be corroborated and confirmed,” Democratic Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha told reporters. “And over the last 24 hours … just very, very recently, that evidence now points in a different direction.” Officials said that night that the person of interest would be promptly freed, taking the investigation back to square one.
Authorities released surveillance video on Saturday of a hooded individual in dark clothing who is still being sought. Neronha emphasized Sunday that the individual is a person of interest, not a suspect.
“There are a lot of unknowns in this case,” he said.
Democratic Providence Mayor Brett Smiley told a reporter that there is still more evidence to gather in Providence when asked where the suspected shooter currently is.
“Honestly, we have no way of knowing, and the investigation is ongoing,” he said. “We continue to follow leads that have been developed over the last day and a half, and we’re continuing to ask for help.”
One victim of the shooting has been discharged from hospital care as of Monday morning, while the rest are fighting for recovery, including one in critical condition, WCVB reported. One of the two deceased victims was identified as 19-year-old Brown University College Republicans Vice President Ella Cook.
Patel touted the FBI’s investigative activity in his post announcing Sunday’s incorrect arrest.
“[The FBI’s Boston office] established a command post to intake, develop and analyze leads, and run them to ground,” he wrote. “We activated the FBI’s Cellular Analysis Survey Team, to provide critical geolocation capabilities … We have deployed local and national resources to process and reconstruct the shooting scene — providing HQ and Lab elements on scene. We set up a digital media intake portal to ingest images and video from the public related to this incident.”
“This FBI will continue an all out 24/7 campaign until justice is fully served,” Patel said.
Maybe if it was an isolated incident, but his incompetance has been on display for a long time now.
Once is a mistake. Twice is either incompetence or he’s being dinged from within. Not hard to find the dinger if that is the case, much harder to admit incompetence.
Maybe he should have fired most of the FBI like he said he would do. Clown thinks he can reform it. They are abusing him like a rented mule.
Fell for a Red Herring
If Kash is just playing dumb I have to give him credit.
He is so convincing at the part.
Lol.
Local police lead.
Don’t most universities have security cameras all over the campus? Then check to see what phone records match the location of the murders.
Like they always say, the last person you want in a foxhole with you is a FReeper.
It appears they are partners with the FBI.
Used to be a Freeper would be your best friend. Nowadays anyone can be a Freeper and that allows for a lot of infiltrators to besmirch the reputation of a proud conservative website. There are no gatekeepers no interviews no applications or screenings and most people are trusted unless they say something so bogusly stupid that they get a comment flagged by a moderator.
Lot’s of NeverTrumpers here waiting for every chance to bash him as a rockrib Conservative.
That is a partial quote. You and other posters on this thread are very gullible when you use that to criticize Patel. And I'm being very charitable when I say that.
RTFFquote.
Yup and they are on this thread.
Read the full Kash quote. He said nothing wrong!
The notoriously famous Anti-Trump Daily Mail again tries to smear President Trump and curiously, many Freepers have the same tone about their posts.
Good grief. How many times do we have to say, Keep Kash out of press conferences.
Please POTUS. He is awful at it and so is the AG.
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