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

[MelmothTheLost]

I don't think he is actually overweight. The belly looks like one of those pregnancy bellies for actors.

There's something about his movements that don't match with a real belly that big.

No, I agree. It looks to me more like the hard belly you see on middle aged men with a fair amount of visceral fat, especially around the liver. From what I have observed:

* Heavily pregnant women have a hard domed belly that involves the entire abdomen.
* Overweight middle aged men have a domed belly in the upper abdomen.
* Both sexes with advanced liver disease have a hard domed belly in the lower half of the abdomen (ascites).

Obviously this is different from the soft subcutaneous fat you see in the simply obese.

 

[CS2C]

User on Reddit who claims to have seen the POI and their car:

https://www.reddit.com/r/providence/s/NhWimeEXk2

So this person on reddit is claiming to have seen a grey Nissan parked in front of the little shack at the RIHS, but on CCTV I can't see anything matching that? Am I missing something? Is he saying it was parked directly in front of the little shack or on the road between the shack and the end of the road?

 

[MelmothTheLost]

I'm dipping in and out of this thread so may have missed this point, but if the gunman had a beard part of the purpose of the mask could have been to hide the fact and also make it less likely for a beard hair to have been left at the scene.

If a beard (or head) hair was left, that could be the source of the DNA they have.

OK, I see that the DNA is from fingerprints on a bullet casing.

 

[apeXperience]

The sources of the composite pictures are obviously the law enforcement videos

Birds of a feather flock together

• Beings such as humans of similar type, interest or ideology, personality, character or religion, or other distinctive attributes including political affiliation tend to associate
• Hence, "proximity" could mean closeness in time or space or influence or alliance or blood etc
• To the left the Person of Interest (POI) and to the right the Person in Proximity (PIP) do have similarities such as 1) dark clothing, 2) head cover, 3) sling satchel, 4) overcoat type on top etc, but these similarities could be just mediated by the weather
• The “proximity” label informs that POI could rather be younger (potentially mid 20s) than PIP (potentially mid 40s) such that their purported “relationship” could be parental, strong enough for one to chase after the other
• POI was first seen on videos at 10:30 am, then at 2:00 pm, which imply some premeditation, scooting, knowledge of the environment etc such that POI could potentially have some “relation” or “proximity” with … the university!

The injection of one PIP is problematic, and raises questions because it could imply that there are potentially multiple persons in proximity

• Does PIP ran after POI (as implied by one of the videos) to prevent them from acting on their “distinctive attributes” of evil doers such as murderous ideology or religion?
• What is the legal implication of being a “Person in Proximity” when the authorities not only ask PIP to contact them but also ask the public to identify and report (manhunt) who PIP is?
• Are the officials and officers in the press conference liberally speaking with unified voices after briefing such that they could “know” that this school mass shooting resulting in murders is not politically motivated?
• How do they know it is not politically motivated without knowing who POI is? Or, do they hint that rather than driven by politics the motivation could be driven by ideology or religion?
• Do the officials and officers know more than what they share?

 

[Yellowbelly]

OK, I see that the DNA is from fingerprints on a bullet casing.

Didn't think to wear gloves when loading the bullets into his magazine, then. It's the little mistakes like that that lead to murders getting caught.

 

[Mauig’ma]

I’d say crocks are very popular on the West coast as the weather is milder here. But not on the East coast as the ground is colder in winter.

I were crocks every day. Rain , snow or sleet moo

 

[Dotta]

Didn't think to wear gloves when loading the bullets into his magazine, then. It's the little mistakes like that that lead to murders getting caught.

The devil is in details hehehe

 

[TristanP]

Does no information = no immediate threat?

Apparently it does in Providence.

It's astonishing that they're telling people it's safe when they have no idea who did this or why.

What they should be saying is something like "We have no information that a threat is imminent, but please make sure to be aware of your surroundings at all times, as you should be doing all the time."

 

[m00c0w]

So this person on reddit is claiming to have seen a grey Nissan parked in front of the little shack at the RIHS, but on CCTV I can't see anything matching that? Am I missing something? Is he saying it was parked directly in front of the little shack or on the road between the shack and the end of the road?

My guess is that it was on the north side of the driveway there. That portion of the road is not visible on the camera you posted nor the camera that showed the “chase” or whatever one wants to call it.

 

[99cats]

I don't think he is actually overweight. The belly looks like one of those pregnancy bellies for actors.

There's something about his movements that don't match with a real belly that big.

I've been thinking the same since the first photo, and particularly the first videos came out. Maybe not a prosthetic belly, but I think he's wearing a loose vest and/or carrying equipment under his coat/windbreaker. It could be the frame rate, but it looks like his 'stomach' and 'chest' sways/jostles unnaturally when he walks, like it's not really connected to his torso.