Providence Police Department

Force in Play

As of May 2026: Continuing multi-agency manhunt and evidence reconstruction using residential security footage; investigation now includes reviewing a potential link to a separate homicide in Massachusetts

Brown's Dec. 13 shooting evolved from a campus lockdown into an extended manhunt. Gunfire killed two students—Ella Cook and Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov—and wounded nine others; the initially detained suspect was released, and investigators have used residential and vehicle-camera footage to track the shooter's movements.

Updated May 15