Police ID suspect in Brown University shooting, probe link with MIT killing


The makeshift memorial outside the Barus & Holley engineering building continues to grow as the manhunt continues for the gunman, following a shooting at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. December 17, 2025. REUTERS/Taylor Coester

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Law enforcement officers have identified a suspect in last weekend's ‌deadly mass shooting at Brown University, and are investigating a possible link to the murder ‌of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor two days later near Boston, a person familiar with the matter said.

The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to discuss the matter, did not provide more details on the identification ‍of the suspect or why investigators think the two cases may ‍be linked.

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