The FBI released a video timeline Tuesday in the Brown University mass shooting investigation showing the individual wanted for questioning walking near police moments after the deadly attack.
Just after the shooting, which the FBI said occurred at 4:03 p.m. local time, security video captured the individual exiting onto Hope Street from what investigators described as “lot 42” on Brown’s campus.
As the individual crossed Hope Street, a police cruiser with its emergency lights on was seen less than a block away from him, stopping on Hope Street near the scene of the shooting, the Barus. & Holley Engineering Building.
In the video, the FBI surrounded the individual in blue crossing the street as a police officer exits his vehicle and walks toward the campus.
Other videos released by the FBI showed the same individual dressed head to toe in dark clothing walking through a residential neighborhood near campus before the shooting, which began around 2 p.m. The last video in the FBI timeline shows the individual walking north on Hope Street at 4:07 p.m. on Saturday.
New video released by the FBI on December 16, 2025 shows a man wanted for questioning in the mass shooting at Brown University walking near a police cruiser that arrives on campus shortly after the attack. The man is surrounded by blue.
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Col. Oscar Perez, chief of the Providence Police Department, told reporters Tuesday that the person of interest was seen in the area around 10:30 a.m. on the day of the shooting.
“We believe he was actually investigating this area to commit the crime,” Perez said.
The FBI asked anyone who recognized the person in the video to contact investigators immediately.
At a news conference Tuesday night, Providence officials said they have received hundreds of tips so far and nearly 200 are still being investigated.
The FBI has issued a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the alleged gunman in Saturday’s fatal mass shooting, as members of the bureau’s Boston Division assisted the Providence Police Department in its search for the gunman.
The FBI released a poster with three images of a person they are looking for, calling him an “unknown suspect” and including a brief description: “The suspect is described as a male, approximately 5’8″ with a stocky build.”
Providence Police have released a new image of the person of interest in the Brown University shooting.
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“Today we are sending additional resources and personnel to help track leads, survey neighborhoods and develop intelligence,” said FBI Director Kash Patel. saying Monday night on social media. “Our evidence response team remains on campus processing the scene and our laboratory at Quantico is also assisting.”
An image posted to FBI Director Kash Patel’s
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The reward for information came as newly released security video showed what local and federal authorities said was a person of interest wanted for questioning in connection with the deadly mass shooting.
The FBI released an additional set of security videos Tuesday afternoon showing the wanted individual walking through a residential neighborhood near Brown University on Saturday before and after the shooting. in one of the videos
Providence police said two students were killed and nine other people were wounded in the shooting that occurred in a classroom in College Hill, the area of Providence’s East Side where historic homes intersect with red brick buildings and modern campuses.
Providence Police Chief Col. Oscar Perez watches newly released video of the possible shooter at Brown University during a news conference in Providence, Rhode Island, on Dec. 15, 2025.
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On Tuesday, a spokesperson for Brown University Health said seven patients injured in the shooting remain at Rhode Island Hospital in Providence, one in critical condition and five in critical but stable condition. One patient is in stable condition and two have been discharged from the hospital, the spokesperson said.
Brown University President Christina H. Paxson said Sunday that the shooting constituted “devastating gun violence.”
The university said Monday night that Providence police were requesting interviews with everyone who had been at Barus. & Holley Building, the physics and engineering center where the shooting took place, on Friday or Saturday.
“Even an incidental detail can be helpful in the investigation,” the school said in an update.
State officials shared the FBI poster overnight seeking information.
FBI officials search an area of Providence, Rhode Island, on Monday, December 15, 2025.
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Gov. Dan McKee said he had directed the Rhode Island State Police, which is assisting in the investigation, to “continue to provide all necessary investigative and patrol support to the city and campus.”
“Like many of us who have been affected by the tragedy at Brown University this weekend, I am eager for the shooter to be identified, apprehended, and brought to justice,” McKee said in a statement announcing the reward Tuesday morning.
