Almost all mass shooting perpetrators never leave the scene of their crime. Whether they’re arrested on the spot, die by their own hand, or perish in a hail of police bullets, it’s vanishingly rare for them to leave the scene of the crime successfully.
But the Brown University shooter has done just that, and three days later, authorities still haven’t identified a suspect. Pressure is now building on FBI director Kash Patel, who once again rushed to social media to prematurely announce that his agency had tracked down a person of interest, only for them to be released without charge.
This has obvious echoes of the days after Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Just as here, Patel said the FBI had their man and quickly had to make an embarrassing climbdown. In the end, the combined efforts of the FBI and local enforcement came to nothing, with that suspect effectively handing himself in to authorities.
Useless
Bungling an active investigation once is a bad look for an FBI director. Twice? It’s beginning to look like outright incompetence. Ron Filipkowski of Meidas Touch summed it up:
Everyone in this admin, from the president on down, rushes to social media to put things out rather than act responsibly and prudently. Always looking to declare victory while seeking praise. pic.twitter.com/iVzVOz2HRd
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) December 15, 2025
“Everyone in this admin, from the president on down, rushes to social media to put things out rather than act responsibly and prudently. Always looking to declare victory while seeking praise.”
Patel had already been dubbed “Keystone Kash” after dropping the ball on the Kirk investigation, and as hours and days tick by with this dangerous killer on the loose, the nickname may become permanent.
There’s a mass shooter still on the loose while Keystone Kash’s defunded FBI can’t catch him.
— Governor Newsom Press Office (@GovPressOffice) December 16, 2025
But good to know he’s got time to hop on a taxpayer-funded private jet to record a podcast with his girlfriend. https://t.co/Cwey30M0g9
President Donald Trump attempted to bail out bumbling FBI Director Kash Patel after his embarrassing blunder in the investigation of a mass shooting at Brown University.https://t.co/Rtk9NqkEsG
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) December 15, 2025
There are rumors of Trump ending 2025 with a shake-up of top jobs in his administration, clearing out those who’ve become an embarrassment to him. If that’s true, we have to imagine that Patel must be top of the list, as his useless antics are dragging the reputation of the Trump administration down with him.
