Overview
- Christina Paxson thanked law enforcement and decried doxxing in a message to the Brown community but did not address operational shortcomings cited by critics.
- Brown did not activate its sirens, waited nearly 20 minutes to issue an alert, and sent a retracted notice that incorrectly said the gunman was in custody.
- Paxson’s claim that sirens would never be used for an active shooter conflicts with the university’s own guidance and differs from the public safety chief’s explanation.
- The shooter, identified as Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, eluded police for five days, killed an MIT professor in Brookline, was later located in Salem, N.H., and died by suicide after an innocent suspect had been arrested and released.
- The New York Post reports Paxson earned $3.1 million in 2023, and President Trump publicly criticized Brown’s security cameras as Paxson faced questions about unlocked buildings and surveillance coverage.