Brown University shooting reveals major gap in Providence's $1M 'real time crime center'

The shooting astatine Brown University exposed a large spread for a recently-opened "real clip transgression center" successful Providence that costs implicit $1 million, but didn't see surveillance video from the assemblage campus.

Two radical were killed and 9 others were injured during a shooting astatine Brown University astatine astir 4 p.m. Saturday astatine the Barus and Holley engineering building. Officials said a idiosyncratic of involvement was initially taken into custody, but was aboriginal released aft grounds didn't bespeak helium was involved.

Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov and Ella Cook were killed successful Saturday's shooting. Cook, 19, was the vice president of the Brown University College Republicans.

In August, the City of Providence, wherever Brown University is located, announced it had launched a "real clip transgression center" that has entree to hundreds of surveillance cameras — but nary astatine the Ivy League institution.

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This combo representation made with photos provided by the FBI and the Providence, Rhode Island, Police Department shows a idiosyncratic of involvement successful the shooting that occurred astatine Brown University successful Providence, R.I., Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025. (FBI/Providence Police Department via AP)

"Since my archetypal twelvemonth arsenic Mayor, elevating nationalist information successful each vicinity has been my apical priority. This concern successful Providence’s Real Time Crime Center strengthens our quality to support neighborhoods and amended quality-of-life for everyone successful Providence," Mayor Brett Smiley said erstwhile helium announced the center's launch.

The "real clip transgression center" was funded with a $1 cardinal assistance from the national government. Providence besides agreed to wage Axon Fusus $750,000 to tally the strategy done 2028, which could beryllium extended, according to the Rhode Island Current.

Providence Police Department Detective Maj. David Lapatin told the Providence Journal that the recently built halfway didn't see immoderate video feeds astatine Brown University erstwhile the shooting took place.

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A instrumentality enforcement authoritative walks past articles of covering connected a sidewalk adjacent an entranceway to Brown University, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, successful Providence, R.I., during the probe of a shooting. (Steven Senne/AP Photo)

Police stitchery extracurricular an entranceway to Brown University successful Providence, R.I., connected Saturday, during the probe of a shooting. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)

Additionally, Lapatin said the transgression halfway didn't person entree to immoderate camera feeds from homes located adjacent to the shooting.

Eric O'Neill, a cybersecurity adept and erstwhile FBI operative, told Fox News Digital it would person been adjuvant if Brown University allowed the transgression halfway to usage their information camera feeds.

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A constabulary conveyance rests astatine an intersection adjacent transgression country portion astatine Brown University, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, successful Providence, Rhode Island, pursuing a Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, shooting astatine the university.  (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

"It surely would person been bully if Brown had subscribed to the information halfway due to the fact that my knowing is that there's real-time monitoring, which would person meant that idiosyncratic would person seen the enactment connected the cameras and possibly instrumentality enforcement could person been alerted earlier," O'Neill said.

Police person released respective videos and images of a idiosyncratic of interest, but haven't yet identified oregon arrested the individual.

Fox News Digital reached retired to Brown University and the City of Providence for comment.