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A desperate manhunt is now entering its fifth day after a gunman opened fire inside a classroom at Brown University, leaving the campus and Providence community reeling as two students were killed and multiple others wounded. Law enforcement agencies have released grainy surveillance images and brief video clips in hopes the public can help identify the attacker, but the suspect remains at large and students are rightfully terrified.
The shooting reportedly occurred on December 13, 2025, during a review session ahead of finals, and authorities say nine people were injured in addition to the two fatalities — a horrific scene on what should have been a place of learning and safety. Officials have said a 9mm firearm was used and that investigators recovered shell casings at the scene, but they still lack a clear lead on motive or identity.
Adding insult to injury, police briefly detained a person of interest at a hotel outside Providence only to release him after determining the evidence pointed elsewhere, a development that has only intensified community frustration and fear. The fact that law enforcement had to backtrack underlines how fragmented the investigation has been so far — and it raises uncomfortable questions about both investigatory rigor and the preparedness of campus security.
We’re being told by university leaders that Brown has hundreds of cameras and a robust security apparatus, yet the shooting appears to have occurred in an older part of a building with little surveillance coverage — an inconvenient truth that campus administrators should not get to brush off with press releases. Parents and taxpayers who fund these institutions deserve straight answers, not woke platitudes about student wellbeing while actual safety measures are ignored or gutted.
This is a teachable moment about consequences: cities and campuses that prioritize performative virtue over practical security end up putting innocent lives at risk. If administrators refuse to secure classrooms, governments must support law enforcement, reinstate responsible deterrence, and restore the common-sense measures that keep communities safe instead of coddling ideology that handicaps protection.
Law-abiding Americans expect accountability and action — aggressive prosecutions, better coordination between federal and local agencies, and real investments in deterrence and rapid response. We must demand that Brown and every university across this country stop treating safety as an afterthought and start protecting students with the same ferocity we expect for every neighborhood in America.
