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Americans woke up to the sickening news that a gunman opened fire inside Brown University’s Barus & Holley engineering building on December 13, 2025, killing two students and wounding nine others during what should have been a routine exam review. Law enforcement quickly escalated the investigation, and the FBI along with Providence and state police have appealed to the public for footage and tips as they hunt the suspect. The FBI has even put a reward on the table to help bring this killer to justice.
Local authorities have released grainy surveillance clips showing a dark-clad person of interest moving near campus in the hours before the attack, and officials detained — then released — a man who had briefly been held at a hotel, underscoring how messy and difficult real-world investigations can be. Police are asking residents and students to comb their phones and doorbells for anything that could crack this case, and federal agents remain heavily involved. The slow drip of information has left families and the city on edge as investigators piece together a timeline.
Right-leaning outlets and some on-the-ground reports are now saying police have identified a suspect and that an arrest warrant has been issued, though authorities have been cautious in public remarks and details remain scarce as investigators build their case. If true, this would be a critical turn in a manhunt that has kept Providence on edge and students away from their dorms and families on edge during the holidays. The American public deserves clarity from law enforcement, and they deserve it fast.
Nobody should be surprised that failures in campus security helped make this tragedy possible; reporting shows Brown’s sprawling surveillance network still did not capture the interior of the classroom where the shooting occurred, proving that expensive feel-good security theater is not the same as practical protection. While elite universities lecture the country about safety and virtue signaling, too many have left real hard choices on safety to committees that favor optics over outcomes. Parents sent their children to Brown to learn and grow, not to be exposed to preventable violence because of bureaucratic incompetence.
Let there be no mistake: this is not the hour for performative policy lectures about disarming law-abiding citizens or defunding police. It is the hour to fully back every sensible tool law enforcement needs — from federal rewards and interagency coordination to warrants and warrants served — so the murderer is found and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Americans should demand swift, uncompromising justice and a commitment to shoring up campus safety so grieving families don’t have to face another senseless headline.
We should also call out how quickly some in the media sprint to partisan takeaways instead of standing with victims and communities in mourning. Conservatives understand that protecting our children doesn’t come from lectures; it comes from clear-headed policies that empower police, enforce penalties for violent criminals, and restore order on campuses that have been allowed to drift into chaos. If universities won’t prioritize true security, then towns and states must step in to protect students and faculty by any lawful means necessary.
If you have any information that could help close this case, report it immediately to the FBI tip line or Providence police so investigators can follow every lead and end this nightmare for the families and for our country. The names of the two young victims—Ella Cook and Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov—remind us that these were lives full of potential, and they deserve more than platitudes; they deserve justice and a nation that puts safety before ideology.
