Overview
- The Brown University attack left two dead and nine wounded, and investigators have not publicly identified a suspect.
- FBI Director Kash Patel announced that FBI Boston detained a person of interest in a Coventry hotel room based on a Providence Police tip.
- Rhode Island authorities released the individual hours later after finding no evidence linking them to the shooting.
- Attorney General Peter Neronha said the evidence now points elsewhere and called the public leak of the person’s name unfortunate.
- The episode renewed scrutiny of Patel’s public communications, drawing comparisons to his premature announcement in the September Charlie Kirk case.