BREAKING: Providence Mayor Brett Smiley announced that law enforcement will release the person of interest in the Brown University shooting who was detained earlier Sunday morning. pic.twitter.com/KyvMpEA1cE
— Fox News (@FoxNews) December 15, 2025
The release of the lone person of interest leaves law enforcement without any known suspect, with officials pledging to redouble efforts in the investigation by canvassing for video surveillance that could help pinpoint the killer’s identity
“Over the last 24 hours… that evidence now points in a different direction. So what that means is that this person of interest needs to be and should be released. I think what is really unfortunate, that this person’s name was leaked to the public” pic.twitter.com/CmBRykqTJc
— Acyn (@Acyn) December 15, 2025
A person of interest detained after a Brown University shooting that killed two students and injured nine will be released after law enforcement authorities determined there was no basis to keep the individual in custody, officials said Sunday night.
The disclosure, made at a hastily convened late night news conference, represents a dramatic setback in an investigation into killings that set off hours of chaos on the Ivy League campus and unravels progress that authorities thought they had made earlier in the day when they detained a man at a Rhode Island hotel in connection with the attack.
The release of the lone person of interest leaves law enforcement without any known suspect, with officials pledging to redouble efforts in the investigation by canvassing for video surveillance that could help pinpoint the killer’s identity.