Providence released redacted body-camera footage and dispatch audio from the Dec. 13 Brown University shooting that killed two students and wounded nine. Officials withheld the most graphic material and timed the release after a campus memorial at the request of victims' families. The records include a dispatch call identifying gunshots at 184 Hope Street at 4:07 p.m., a suspect description, and roughly 20 minutes of heavily redacted response footage. Authorities say 48-year-old Claudio Neves Valente also killed an MIT professor and was later found dead in a New Hampshire storage facility; investigators recovered confession videos and say the attack was planned.
Providence Releases Redacted Body-Camera Video and Audio From Brown University Shooting
This image from police body cam video provided by Providence Police shows police responding at the scene of a shooting at Brown University in Providence, R.I., Dec. 13, 2025. / Credit: AP(AP)
Providence officials on Monday released redacted body-camera footage, dispatch audio and other records from the Dec. 13 shooting at Brown University that killed two students and injured nine others. City leaders said the most graphic images and sound were withheld to avoid retraumatizing victims and to honor requests from families after a campus memorial.
Mayor Brett Smiley said the city aimed to balance transparency with sensitivity: "It is incredibly important to me that the city of Providence remains fully transparent, accountable and compliant with the state's Access to Public Records Act. We also know that the footage and audio we are required to release will likely be harmful and traumatizing for the victims, families and neighbors who are still trying to heal and recover from this incident."
What Was Released
The released material includes dispatch audio documenting the initial call and response, and roughly 20 minutes of body-worn camera footage from the officer who led the first response. Much of that video is heavily redacted: long stretches are blacked out or muted, and parts of the visible footage are obscured by the officer's arms and tactical movements.
"This is Brown police. We have confirmed gunshots at 184 Hope Street," a campus officer says on dispatch audio at 4:07 p.m. "We do have a victim but we do not know where they are."
About four minutes later, an update describes a suspect: "Wearing all black and a ski mask, unknown travel direction." Other recordings capture officers coordinating rescues and warning colleagues that the shooter might still be in the building.
Scene and Law Enforcement Action
The visible portions of body-camera footage show a chaotic scene: evacuated students being moved to safety, officers searching classrooms and corridors, and scattered personal items such as backpacks and gloves. Radio traffic on the record includes calls for rescue teams and multiple reports of victims inside the building.
Officials delayed the release after consulting with victims' families and waited until after a memorial service on Brown's campus to publish the records.
Victims and Suspect
Authorities say 48-year-old Claudio Neves Valente entered a study session in a Brown academic building and opened fire, killing 19-year-old sophomore Ella Cook and 18-year-old freshman Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov and wounding nine others.
A subsequent police incident report described distraught reactions from hospitalized victims shown photos of the suspected shooter: one victim "quickly froze, physically pushed back" and began crying and shaking, while another confirmed the image after taking a deep breath and composing himself.
Investigators also say Neves Valente fatally shot Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor Nuno F.G. Loureiro at his Boston-area home. Neves Valente was later found dead in a New Hampshire storage facility.
Investigation Details
The Justice Department has said Neves Valente planned the attack for years and left behind videos in which he confessed to the killings but offered no clear motive. The FBI recovered an electronic device containing those videos during its search of the storage facility where his body was found. Police also said a tip from a witness who encountered the suspect near Brown University helped identify him.
Students and community members have described ongoing shock and grief as the university and city continue to support victims, families and campus safety efforts.
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