RI - Mass Shooting at Brown University - Providence 13 Dec 2025

[Warwick1991]

A TA and 60 students were in a large classroom when the shooter entered, yelled and started shooting. A third of the students and the TA were able to hide behind a desk, another third ran out of the room, but the rest seated in the middle couldn't escape and were hit the hardest. It doesn't appear that a teacher was targeted.

A Brown University Instructor Hid From Gunfire With His Students

Joseph Oduro, 21, said he was leading an economics study session for about 60 students when a masked man entered the room and started shooting.

www.nytimes.com

Perhaps they originally wanted to target the professor, but upon realizing she wasn't there, just shot others instead. We don't know the shooter's motivation at this point. The suspect's identity has not been released, and we know very little right now.

 

[knla]

The gun hasn't been found. Ammo found. The shooter fired more than 40 9mm rounds. The person of interest captured is in his thirties.
Several Law Enforcement officers raided his hotel room this morning.

All exams at Brown University have been cancelled. Students are free to leave and go home.

Brown University suspect unmasked as US Army infantry soldier

The alleged gunman who opened fire at Brown University on Saturday, killing two people and injuring nine others, is a US Army infantry soldier with sniper training.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Warwick1991]

Local news: https://www.wpri.com/news/local-new..._content=breaking news&utm_term=Breaking News

 

[Yellowbelly]

Coventry is an interesting choice for a hotel. In my opinion, I think it’s where someone would go if they wanted to get out of Providence and to somewhere more “rural” or “country” in RI. I say this in quotation marks because you’re never truly that rural or far from Providence anywhere in RI.

As a law abiding citizen it's difficult to put myself in the head of a murderer, but if I had shot somebody, I think I would want to put as much distance between me and LE as possible, so why go to a hotel at all? The Canadian border is a five hour drive away from Providence, RI. He could have got there before the police even realised who he was. Instead, he went back to his hotel for a good night's sleep.

I suppose we should be grateful that most murderers aren't very bright!

 

[Warwick1991]

As a law abiding citizen it's difficult to put myself in the head of a murderer, but if I had shot somebody, I think I would want to put as much distance between me and LE as possible, so why go to a hotel at all? The Canadian border is a five hour drive away from Providence, RI. He could have got there before the police even realised who he was. Instead, he went back to his hotel from a good night's sleep.

I suppose we should be grateful that most murderers aren't very bright!

I suppose the shooter could have come from a place far from Rhode Island, and used the hotel as his "home base" for his evil shooting spree. Perhaps he planned to drive back to wherever he came from in the morning, or whenever he thought the search was winding down. Like many mass shootings, there is always something bizarre.

 

[knla]

It's usually younger people who commits school mass shootings.

 

[Warwick1991]

Boston area news: Person of interest in Brown shooting detained at RI hotel with 2 guns, ABC reports

The suspect had 2 guns when he was arrested.

Edit: Apparently 2 magazines, not 2 guns.

 

[tlcya]

when I read about this mass shooting event I had just gotten home from attending my daughter's young man's commencement ceremony at UISE. Despite bad weather in central IL, which threatened to prevent friends and family from that region from reaching the event, there was a very large crowd in attendance. Imagining if such an event had occurred at that event it brought home for me how vulnerable we all are, no matter the venue, at any moment someone disturbed could simply upend or end our lives, even while doing something as mundane as studying, or watching a commencement ceremony.

My prayers go out to all who lost someone in this horrible shooting and to all those affected. Just so dang senseless.

 

[justtrish]

I'm surprised we don't have a name yet. It's been 7 hours since he was detained and nothing.

 

[Warwick1991]

NBC Boston notes that the shooter fired over 40 rounds, and had (2) 30 round magazines for his weapon(s). LIVE UPDATES: Brown University shooter in custody, officials say The updates now say that they haven't recovered any guns yet...

NBC Boston has live running updates. Providence is about an hour and a half by car to Boston. It used to be much faster, about an hour or a little less, but travel time has increased due to heavy traffic.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

DH and I watched coverage until 10:15 and couldn't stay awake any longer. We thought the video would be released before we went to bed, but we got tired of waiting. I followed here until page 4 so have a lot of catching up to do.

Very sad day. These mass shootings have to stop.

 

[brib809]

So is the suspect arrested or not? Seems like they made an arrest then I saw a comment from a police official emphasizing that they were still a “person of interest”

 

[Curiousobserver]

I'm surprised we don't have a name yet. It's been 7 hours since he was detained and nothing.

Understanding we don't need to know the shooter's identity, in an open society we should know everyone who is arrested by the police. We already know the identities of all of the Bondi shooters and the hero who intervened.

 

[Warwick1991]

News reports haven't been that clear, but there was confusion about whether guns or magazines were found. When there's no official confirmation, contradictory and inaccurate information can circulate.

The magazines were 30 round magazines. Rhode Island recently passed a law outlawing the sale of magazines with a capacity greater than 10 rounds.

 

[indicolite22]

So is the suspect arrested or not? Seems like they made an arrest then I saw a comment from a police official emphasizing that they were still a “person of interest”

They want to make sure it's the right guy and they also want to investigate without public interference. Also, if he had accomplices they don't want to let them know what they know. In Charlie Kirk's murder initially the wrong suspect was detained (an older guy who claimed he was the shooter).

 

[MassGuy]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. —
A person detained at a Rhode Island hotel early Sunday in connection with a shooting Saturday that left two Brown University students dead and nine others wounded had multiple firearms in their possession, ABC News has learned.

Person of interest in Brown shooting detained at RI hotel with 2 guns, ABC reports

Two people died after a shooting on the campus of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.

www.wcvb.com

 

[Inthedetails]

As a law abiding citizen it's difficult to put myself in the head of a murderer, but if I had shot somebody, I think I would want to put as much distance between me and LE as possible, so why go to a hotel at all? The Canadian border is a five hour drive away from Providence, RI. He could have got there before the police even realised who he was. Instead, he went back to his hotel for a good night's sleep.

I suppose we should be grateful that most murderers aren't very bright!

Some mass shooters don't necessarily think they will make it out alive - suicide-by-cop or suicide-by-stranger is always a possibility and perhaps even a goal, so doesn't matter if they are caught at a hotel or at home. Idk. Impossible to understand the mind of a killer.

jmo

 

[Warwick1991]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. —
A person detained at a Rhode Island hotel early Sunday in connection with a shooting Saturday that left two Brown University students dead and nine others wounded had multiple firearms in their possession, ABC News has learned.

Person of interest in Brown shooting detained at RI hotel with 2 guns, ABC reports

Two people died after a shooting on the campus of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.

www.wcvb.com

Other news sources have said 2 magazines, and no firearms found yet. If he ditched his firearms, perhaps that's why there was no firefight in the hotel, or perhaps he was sleeping. Perhaps a new conference will be held at some point soon that will have more information.

 

[Elley Mae]

Seems that a raid on the residence where ever he lived would be reported on soon enough.

Jmo

 

[monkey222]

What did shooter yell?