Overview
- Dash‑cam footage released via the Rhode Island Attorney General’s office shows the suspected gunman walking away from Brown’s Barus & Holley building moments after the Dec. 13 attack.
- Mayor Brett Smiley issued an after‑action letter and directed the hiring of an independent consultant to evaluate training, mutual‑aid coordination, and public communications during the incident.
- Officials’ minute‑by‑minute timeline cites first 911 calls at about 4:05 p.m., first responders on scene around 4:10 p.m., an initial campus shelter‑in‑place at 4:22 p.m., and all victims transported within minutes, with leaders highlighting a 13‑minute window from first arrival to last patient at the ER.
- Providence will open a Resiliency Center with Family Services of Rhode Island for free walk‑in mental health support for months, and the city approved $15,000 grants to three merchant associations, each matched by Brown and Rhode Island Commerce for $45,000 apiece.
- Brown has begun security upgrades including expanded cameras, more panic buttons, and converting key‑entry buildings to card access as students prepare to return for the Jan. 21 semester start.