On December 17, 2025, Providence Police Department officials, alongside Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha, Brown University representatives, and Mayor Brett Smiley, held a press conference to update the public on the investigation into the December 13 mass shooting at Brown University's Barus and Holley engineering building. The attack left two students dead and nine injured during a voluntary study session. Five days in, no suspect has been namedd and no motive est