Person Of Interest Identified In Brown Shooting, Manhunt Underway

Police have identified a person of interest in Saturday’s shooting at Brown University, according to multiple outlets.

Law enforcement is now searching for the identified person of interest, with Boston 25 reporting that the manhunt is now centered on Salem, New Hampshire. Fox News reports that police now have an arrest warrant for the individual, whom authorities have not publicly named.

Law enforcement believes the identified car is the same make and model of the vehicle used in the Monday killing of an MIT professor in his home, less than 50 miles from Brown University.

Police in the Boston area have been directed to look for the car, warning that the person in it could be armed and dangerous, the New York Times reported.

On Saturday, an unidentified gunman killed two Brown University students — Ella Cook and MukhammadAziz Umurzokov — and injured nine others after opening fire inside Brown’s Barus & Holley engineering building.

48 hours later, an assailant shot MIT professor Nuno Loureiro multiple times inside his Brookline, Massachusetts, home.

Authorities have yet to identify suspects in either case publicly, and initially stated in a Tuesday press briefing that there “seems to be no connection” between the two shootings.

Surveillance footage from Brown University captured the alleged shooting suspect — wearing a dark jacket, mask, and hat — walking around campus for hours before the attack around 4 p.m. Saturday. Multiple law enforcement agencies have expanded their search for video evidence, releasing a new map that widens the area of interest around the university.

ENHANCED VIDEO: We are releasing an enhanced video of the person of interest in the Brown University incident. Footage was captured on the East Side of Providence on Saturday afternoon before the incident.

Please share widely and contact the official tip line if you have… pic.twitter.com/mewBSflOiO

— Providence Police (@ProvidenceRIPD) December 16, 2025

A second person of interest was identified on Wednesday, depicted wearing a blue jacket and green hood, carrying a white satchel in the area of the shooting.

ENHANCED PHOTO: Investigators are asking for the public’s help in identifying and speaking to the individual shown in this photo who was in proximity of the person of interest.

Anyone with information is urged to contact the tip line at 401-272-3121. pic.twitter.com/D1reRPCdZV

— Providence Police (@ProvidenceRIPD) December 17, 2025

The search for the person of interest comes after law enforcement recovered physical evidence — including live ammunition and DNA — from the scene of the mass shooting.

The news conference on the Brown University shooting investigation, scheduled initially at 4 p.m. EST Thursday, has been delayed, a spokesman for the Providence mayor told CNN.

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