I still can’t believe university officials and the police went in front of the cameras knowing nothing. If “I don’t know” is going to be your answer to the key questions that you know the media is going to ask, you'd better not hold a press conference. Over the weekend, a shooter attacked Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Its president, Christina Paxson, had that answer for numerous questions hours after the shooting. It then devolved into the human centipede of journalism.
We are very sorry to share that we have confirmed reports of two deceased victims from the active shooting situation at the Barus & Holley engineering building. There are eight additional victims in critical, but stable condition at the hospital. There remains a shelter in place…
— Brown University (@BrownUniversity) December 13, 2025
🚨 Q: “With all due respect, six hours after the shooting, and you said you don’t know what was going on in that classroom?... Were they taking an exam, were they meeting for a club?”
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) December 14, 2025
Brown President Christina Paxson: “I don’t know.”
Q: “6 hours later. You’re the president.… pic.twitter.com/V9VK8LBgvx
🚨 BREAKING: Brown University lockdown LIFTED after a person of interest is in custody for the mass shooting
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) December 14, 2025
That's good, at least.
LATEST:
- The shooter "yelled something" and began shooting
- Reportedly used a handgun
- 7-story physics and engineering building, unlocked
-… pic.twitter.com/J6WJwfl99P
🚨 BREAKING: Police say they DON’T have video of the Brown University mass shooter inside the building, they DON’T know how he got in, DON’T know where he went.
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) December 14, 2025
The best description of him is a male in dark clothes possibly in his 30s.
This is a mess. pic.twitter.com/vji9lXkiHL
🚨 BREAKING: Authorities believe Brown University shooter used a HANDGUN, per the AP
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) December 14, 2025
That already blows a hole in the Left's "gun control" politicization of this tragedy if confirmed.
Suspect still AT-LARGE, a "male in dark clothing." Students were just spotted still locked… pic.twitter.com/8yGVp7TNlD
🚨 BREAKING: Students have been spotted remaining locked down nearly 4 HOURS after the Brown University shooting.
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) December 14, 2025
That's absolutely brutal. They're STILL looking. NO suspect in custody.
Terrifying to know the suspect is still out there. FIND HIM SOON! pic.twitter.com/VUt863FufW
🚨 BREAKING: Brown University has now retracted TWO updates in the developing mass shooting situation
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) December 13, 2025
- First: That a suspect was in custody; there is not yet, at the time of reporting
- Second: That there was a secondary shooting; that was "unfounded"
Truly disorienting. pic.twitter.com/7Mjh8WzT9D
NOW - Deputy Chief of Providence Police: "Preliminarily, all we have is a suspect that was a male dressed in black, it is unknown how he entered the building, but we do know that he exited the Hope Street side of that complex." pic.twitter.com/xs3fr30iL4
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) December 13, 2025
We still don’t have a suspect. The person of interest detained over the weekend was released hours later. There’s no security footage of this person? Brown has an $8 billion endowment. You’re telling me there are no security cameras on campus. The same goes for the surrounding areas, where some people were saying are dotted with Ring cameras. Nothing. We don’t know how the shooter got inside the building, where the suspect was supposedly targeting a class taught by a Jewish professor. We know something was yelled; given the alleged target, you can only imagine what it was.
The duck, dive, dip, and dodge game has turned this shooting into a shambles, and we still don’t have a suspect in custody. The shooter remains at large, and thus far, the search looks shambolic. The person of interest was also a ping-pong game. They had one, then they didn’t, then they did, and he was later released. Then the whole tangent about a second shooting, which turned out to be unfounded.
It’s a wreck upon a wreck, and when “I don’t know” was uttered, we should’ve expected a circus. And let’s not forget that the media tried to frame the alleged weapon, a handgun, as something used by Deckard in Blade Runner because it had a laser sight. Folks, it’s not super unusual, they’re readily available, and this isn’t Star Wars.
NBC News: Witnesses told police that the Brown University shooter’s gun had a unique characteristic and two senior law enforcement officials say that the when the person they believe was responsible for the shooting was arrested he had a gun matching that description.
— Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) December 14, 2025
WATCH: CNN's "chief law enforcement and intelligence analyst" John Miller fear-mongers about "laser sights" on pistols in the wake of the Brown University shooting.
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) December 14, 2025
"One of those firearms, we are told, was equipped with a laser sight device. ⁰This has significance, because… pic.twitter.com/n1eJaeGX2y
And yes, the hunt for the shooter and any evidence is not going well at all. The latest video of the person of interest is also useless:
#BREAKING: Police just released a second video of the Brown University shooter.
— Insider Wire (@InsiderWire) December 15, 2025
It’s even worse than the first. pic.twitter.com/estjELkF95
🚨 BREAKING - REPORTER: Brown University is the most camera-ridden real estate in RI, yet there seems to be very little video evidence. Is there video you haven't released, or is there simply no video?
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) December 14, 2025
CHIEF: We shared what we have...we might find something. We gave what we… pic.twitter.com/nCeUjsNhjF
🚨NOW: The FBI is ACTIVELY combing through the area in Providence, looking for ANY BIT of evidence to find the mass shooter.
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) December 15, 2025
They are pushing away snow on the ground, possibly looking for an item dropped by the shooter - or ANY clue at all.
This comes as police released… pic.twitter.com/Ez1xQZw7PH
Not a promising start to this manhunt. pic.twitter.com/TvrswZVGCF
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) December 15, 2025
This Brown University situation is unbelievable. At this point, it’s almost laughable no video, no footage, 800 cameras, and nothing. The suspect is long gone.
— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) December 15, 2025
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