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FBI offers $50,000 reward as Brown University shooter still at large

FBI agents investigate blocked off buildings
FBI agents investigate blocked off buildings at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, on 15 December 2025. Photograph: Mel Musto/EPA

The FBI has offered a $50,000 reward for information leading to the capture of the killer of two students in a mass shooting at Brown University as the manhunt for someone described by the agency as an “unknown suspect with a stocky build” entered its fourth day.

Officials in Rhode Island hope the reward provides a breakthrough in the faltering case, the pace of which has sparked growing community frustration. One “person of interest” was detained then released on Sunday, and FBI director Kash Patel has faced criticism for prematurely declaring it solved.

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