Four Days Later: Brown University Shooter Still At Large As Bizarre Anomalies Mount In Investigation

Anger mounts as the investigation into the Brown University shooting runs into ongoing hurdles: no identifiable suspect, a series of dead-end leads involving so-called persons of interest, and bizarre anomalies as the probe enters its fourth day.

The shooting at Brown occurred Saturday afternoon at the Barus and Holley Engineering Building. Ella Cook and Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov were both killed. Importantly, Cook served as the vice president of the Ivy League school’s College Republicans.

Brown University Republican Club VP Ella Cook’s family deserves answers. pic.twitter.com/heOL1hQj6x

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) December 17, 2025

Following the shooting, there have been multiple dead-end leads involving so-called “persons of interest.” Local police have released blurry footage of one individual, while one of the most heavily surveilled schools in the nation reportedly had no interior footage.

Incompetence from liberal elites?

🚨 U.S taxpayers deserve answers from our Secretary of Education.

Brown University President Christina Paxson has a salary of $3.1 MILLION. She will make $12,000 today.

$510 MILLION was given to Brown this year. No cameras worked. No sirens. She thinks everything went well. pic.twitter.com/dyS2ggswTs

— NizNellie3 (@NizNellie3) December 17, 2025

There has been no word from local police, investigators, or the school on how the shooter was able to enter the building, nor any indication of whether the attack was targeted.

Self-proclaimed investor and “CIA/NSA contractor/whistleblower” Tony Seruga wrote on X a list of anomalies he claims are highly suspicious in the ongoing investigation.

• Nearly four days into the investigation, with no identified suspect, motive, or arrest.

• Police detained (and held for a full day) the wrong “person of interest” before releasing them.

• Release of low-quality (“potato quality”) surveillance footage despite Brown having nearly 800 campus cameras; later enhanced by the FBI, but still limited.

• Officials in press conferences are refusing to provide basic descriptions (e.g., height/weight) of the shooter, deferring to online postings.

• Claims of no internal security footage from the building and no working sirens on campus.

• Providence leadership criticized as “clueless”: officials admitting they’re “tired” and needing slack; mayor reportedly going out for pizza while the suspect was at large.

• Brown University scrubbing all online pages and references to student Mustapha Kharbouch shortly after the shooting.

• Accusations of authorities “burying evidence,” local incompetence, and evading questions about motive or shouted phrases.

• Officials (including Rhode Island AG) shutting down speculation about Kharbouch, calling it a “dangerous road” and denying any ethnic/political motive link.

• After a uniform denial, the University eventually came clean, making a statement that explained profile removals as privacy/safety measures amid doxxing, but the explanation was totally inadequate. 

🚨Bizarre Anomalies Mount in Ongoing Brown University Shooting Probe

—Nearly four days into the investigation, with no identified suspect, motive, or arrest.

—Police detained (and held for a full day) the wrong “person of interest” before releasing them.

—Release of… pic.twitter.com/rUW7HSsR3g

— Tony Seruga (@TonySeruga) December 17, 2025

Fox News’ Jesse Watters also asked the hard questions …

🚨 JUST IN: Another RIDICULOUS news conference on the Brown University shooting 🚨

We STILL don’t know what the shooter yelled, eyewitness accounts DON’T LINE UP, and the “random attack” claim is looking VERY shaky 👀

One witness says he looked the shooter DIRECTLY in the EYE —… pic.twitter.com/14aYcbfgnz

— Jesse Watters (@JesseBWatters) December 16, 2025

What’s going on here?