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

[Inthedetails]

New Hampshire. Dartmouth !

My thoughts exactly.

He has a route planned, imo.

Grrrrr! Get him!

 

[LAborn]

well i guess i'm inferring some of it, but it's reported that he confronted the suspect and "questioned what he was doing there, at which point the individual ran off".

i don't think you start pursuing someone and ask what they're doing there, unless you know them.

Concerned citizens do this all the time, frankly! Where I live, if I see something off, I confront especially if it appears a person is up to no good. Everyone has talked about Providence being a very small, tight knit community, everyone knows everyone. This is what community members do, they look out for each other and their town. That's what this witness was doing, he saw something "off" and confronted the POI. Thank goodness he did!

 

[Inthedetails]

I wonder why he chose Salem to bail out of the car (presuming that's what he did). It's - at least from my recollection - a fairly well populated area with a lot of sprawl. Maybe because it's right over the border? I know there's a NH welcome center there - I wonder if that's where the vehicle was located.

I'm wondering if he heard LE knew about the car? I mean, if we know, he could know.

There is a train station in Salem.

jmo

 

[Lebowski]

Concerned citizens do this all the time, frankly! Where I live, if I see something off, I confront especially if it appears a person is up to no good. Everyone has talked about Providence being a very small, tight knit community, everyone knows everyone. This is what community members do, they look out for each other and their town.

maybe i'm reading too much into the specific choice of words in the article, but it doesn't say he asked the suspect what he was doing, it says he asked the suspect what he was doing there.

 

[whitelilac]

Salem to Hanover (Dartmouth location) is 96 miles.
Whether that university might have been a next target, is a question. Who knows.
Unless the guy may have been trying to flee to Canada.....fat chance !

 

[LAborn]

maybe i'm reading too much into the specific choice of words in the article, but it doesn't say he asked the suspect what he was doing, it says he asked the suspect what he was doing there.

"Doing there", like POI was doing something "off". If a stranger was looking over a neighbor's fence, I would use the same language, "Hey, what are you doing there!"

 

[arielilane]

Police have identified a person they believe is connected to the mass shooting at Brown University & the killing of an MIT professor in Brookline, sources tell 5 Investigates. A warrant was issued for their arrest, multiple sources told ABC News.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2001781865754009863

 

[O.Incandenza]

well i guess i'm inferring that they knew each other, but it's reported that he confronted the suspect and "questioned what he was doing there, at which point the individual ran off".

i don't think you see someone, try to pursue them a bit, and ask what they're doing there, unless you know them.

The reddit poster didn't know him but found his behavior so odd that he investigated his car, so it doesn't seem impossible to me that this other guy confronted him just because he was behaving strangely.

 

[MassGuy]

https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/providence/brown-university-reports-active-shooter/

 

[Lebowski]

admittedly, there's some ambiguity in how the quote is being relayed through 3 or 4 degrees of separation. are we to understand that person 2 told police "i asked him what he was doing there", or "i asked him 'what are you doing there?' ." in the first case, it sounds like they knew each other, and person 2 expected suspect to be somewhere else. in the second case, it sounds like they didn't necessarily know each other, person 2 may just have been stepping up and confronting someone who seemed sketchy.

 

[justtrish]

press conference being set up

 

[Inthedetails]

https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/providence/brown-university-reports-active-shooter/

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Oh! I thought they found the car in Salem, MA!

duh

 

[whitelilac]

https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/providence/brown-university-reports-active-shooter/

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"abandoned"....I sure hope this POI hasn't been checking the news, which I suspect he has. Ditched the car.
I think the news was a bit premature.

 

[Lebowski]

"Doing there", like POI was doing something "off". If a stranger was looking over a neighbor's fence, I would use the same language, "Hey, what are you doing there!"

right. like i say in the crosspost, it depends on how we're supposed to understand the quote.

 

[adot0902]

Oh! I thought they found the car in Salem, MA!

duh

So did I. I’m thankful @MassGuy always comes through with sources and information

 

[getthefax]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The man police said was captured on camera “in proximity” to the unidentified Brown University shooting suspect has been found and interviewed by law enforcement, Target 12 has learned.

Police don’t suspect the man was involved in the attack, saying he told them he confronted the suspected gunman outside Brown prior to the shooting, multiple sources with direct knowledge of the investigation told Target 12.

LIVE BLOG: Latest updates on the Brown University shooting
The man told police he approached the unidentified suspect and questioned what he was doing there, at which point the individual ran off, sources said.

https://www.wpri.com/target-12/police-locate-interview-man-seen-in-proximity-to-brown-u-shooting-suspect/

It stands out to me that someone would question what a person was doing in a public place unless they seemed very out of character/out of place. It will be interesting to hear what exactly prompted the witness to wonder…

 

[m00c0w]

I assume we will get an ID at the press conference if the suspect really is in the wind at this point. If they’re continuing to follow leads, probably won’t get an update until they either lose the trail or he’s captured.

 

[TexLil]

well i guess i'm inferring that they knew each other, but it's reported that he confronted the suspect and "questioned what he was doing there, at which point the individual ran off".

i don't think you see someone, try to pursue them a bit, and ask what they're doing there, unless you know them.

MOO I disagree. If the 'in proximity' person was very familiar with the neighborhood's comings and goings a stranger/ person acting odd would stand out and in this case approach.

Sidenote: my father rip used to stop complete strangers who littered. Not safe, but still made me proud of his love and desire to protect his community. MOO

 

[arielilane]

Brown University shooting suspect identified by cops after dayslong manhunt, warrant out for arrest

https://trib.al/OGFVAPa

https://twitter.com/x/status/2001755798225998015

 

[getthefax]

well i guess i'm inferring that they knew each other, but it's reported that he confronted the suspect and "questioned what he was doing there, at which point the individual ran off".

i don't think you see someone, try to pursue them a bit, and ask what they're doing there, unless you know them.

This part of the reporting is actually quite curious…. I would absolutely like to know more about that interaction.