New Footage Released From Brown University Shooting

Video captures chaotic scene as police respond to deadly attack

Published on Feb. 10, 2026

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Authorities in Providence, Rhode Island have released new video footage and audio recordings related to the December shooting at Brown University that left two students dead and nine others injured. The material includes a campus police officer's initial call for help, as well as heavily redacted body camera footage showing the chaotic response by law enforcement.

Why it matters

The release of this footage aims to provide more transparency around the tragic events, though officials have defended their decision to withhold or redact some of the most graphic content. The shooting has raised broader questions about campus safety and security, as well as the motivations behind the attack.

The details

The newly released material includes audio of a Brown University police officer calling city police at 4:07pm on the day of the shooting, reporting "confirmed gunshots" and a victim. Four minutes later, campus police provided a suspect description of a person "wearing all black and a ski mask." The city also released roughly 20 minutes of heavily redacted body camera footage from the officer leading the initial response, showing a chaotic scene with officers unsure if the shooter was still in the building and attempting to evacuate and secure the area.

  • The shooting took place in mid-December 2025.
  • The new footage was released on February 10, 2026.

The players

Claudio Neves Valente

The 48-year-old gunman who entered a study session at Brown University and opened fire, killing two students and wounding nine others. Neves Valente had previously been a graduate student at Brown in the 2000-01 school year, and also fatally shot a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor before taking his own life.

Ella Cook

A 19-year-old Brown University sophomore who was killed in the shooting.

Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov

An 18-year-old Brown University freshman who was killed in the shooting.

Nuno FG Loureiro

A Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor who was fatally shot by Claudio Neves Valente at Loureiro's Boston-area home.

Brett Smiley

The mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, who defended the decision to release only limited footage from the shooting, arguing that more graphic content would not answer the question of why the attack occurred.

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What they’re saying

“This was a difficult process to both maintain our commitment to transparency, to respond to requests from the media and the public's right to know exactly what happened, but also balancing what we know are potential, really serious downside effects of releasing some of this information.”

— Brett Smiley, Mayor of Providence (newser.com)

“Why did this person do this? None of those videos are going to answer that question. None of them.”

— Brett Smiley, Mayor of Providence (newser.com)

What’s next

Officials have not indicated any specific next steps related to the release of additional footage or information about the shooting. The investigation into the gunman's motives and the events surrounding the attack is ongoing.

The takeaway

The release of this limited footage highlights the difficult balance authorities face between transparency and protecting victims, as well as the lingering questions about what drove the shooter to carry out this tragic attack on a college campus.