Providence Releases Redacted Body‑Cam and 911 Audio From Brown University Shooting After Family Requests
Providence officials released roughly 20 minutes of heavily redacted body‑camera footage and 911/campus‑police audio from the Brown University shooting — with dispatch calls timed at 4:07 p.m. (confirmed gunshots) and 4:11 p.m. (updated suspect description) — after consulting with victims’ families and holding broader footage until after a campus memorial. The single “comprehensive” video shows chaotic evacuations, officers warning the shooter may still be inside, a briefly detained maintenance worker who was cleared, and an incident report saying two students (18‑year‑old Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov and 19‑year‑old Ella Cook) were killed in Tanner Auditorium, nine others were hospitalized, multiple victims emotionally identified former Brown student Claudio Neves‑Valente as the suspect, and Neves‑Valente was later found dead of an apparent self‑inflicted gunshot during an FBI operation.
📌 Key Facts
- Providence released roughly 20 minutes of heavily redacted body‑camera footage from the single on‑scene supervisor plus related 911/audio logs after families requested it; long segments are blacked out or muted and officials held all footage until after a campus memorial.
- The newly released audio and dispatch timeline shows campus police contacted Providence dispatch shortly after 4 p.m.; an initial confirmed‑gunshots call came at 4:07 p.m., officers provided an updated suspect description (all‑black clothing and a ski mask) at about 4:11 p.m., and the on‑scene commander declared an 'active shooter situation' by 4:16 p.m.
- The body‑cam depicts a chaotic evacuation with scattered student belongings, officers repeatedly warning that the shooter may still be in the building, and efforts to stage medical rescues.
- Two students — 18‑year‑old Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov and 19‑year‑old Ella Cook — were killed inside Tanner Auditorium (Room 166) during an economics exam review; reporting includes the auditorium layout and where each deceased victim was found relative to doors and aisles.
- Nine other people with gunshot wounds were transported to Rhode Island Hospital.
- Multiple surviving victims and hospitalized students separately identified suspect Claudio Manuel Neves‑Valente from surveillance stills and photos; an incident report describes at least one victim freezing, crying and shaking when shown the image.
- Authorities say Claudio Neves‑Valente, a former Brown physics graduate student (attended 2000–2001, withdrew in fall 2003), is accused in the Brown shootings and is also accused of fatally shooting MIT professor Nuno F. G. Loureiro; Neves‑Valente was later found dead of an apparent self‑inflicted gunshot in a Salem, New Hampshire storage unit during an FBI SWAT operation.
- Early in the response an initial second‑floor sighting led to the detention of a maintenance worker, who was quickly treated by officers as likely not the shooter.
- Providence officials, consulting with city lawyers and citing victims’ families’ fears that broader release would impede healing, chose to release only one 'comprehensive' video; Mayor Brett Smiley said the decision balanced transparency with concern over the 'serious downside effects' of releasing the most graphic images.
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February 09, 2026
8:55 PM
Officials release new video footage from day of fatal Brown University shooting
New information:
- Clarifies the exact timing and content of campus police calls to city police: an initial confirmed‑gunshots call at 4:07 p.m. and an updated suspect description at 4:11 p.m.
- Details that the city released roughly 20 minutes of body‑camera footage from the single officer in charge of the initial response, with long segments blacked out or muted.
- Reveals that an early suspect detained on a 'second floor' sighting turned out to be a maintenance worker, and officers quickly reverted to treating him as likely not the shooter.
- Explains that Providence officials, in consultation with city lawyers, chose to release only one 'comprehensive' video and held all footage until after a campus memorial, citing victims’ families’ fears that broader release would impede their healing.
- Includes Providence Mayor Brett Smiley’s on‑record rationale balancing transparency with concern over 'serious downside effects' of releasing the most graphic images.
4:18 PM
Brown University shooting bodycam footage shows urgent search for suspect who slipped through dragnet
New information:
- Confirms via incident report that two students killed were 18‑year‑old Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov and 19‑year‑old Ella Cook, and that both were shot inside Tanner Auditorium (Room 166) during an economics exam review.
- Provides detailed timeline from the new audio: Brown University Police contacted Providence dispatch shortly after 4 p.m.; by about 4:11 p.m. officers had a suspect description (all black clothing, ski mask) and unknown direction of travel; at 4:16 p.m. the on‑scene commander formally declared an 'active shooter situation.'
- Describes the auditorium layout (staircases on both sides with upper and lower entrances) and where each deceased victim was found relative to the doors and aisles.
- Reports that nine other victims were transported to Rhode Island Hospital with gunshot wounds.
- Details how multiple surviving victims separately identified suspect Claudio Manuel Neves‑Valente from surveillance stills, including one victim’s strong emotional reaction when shown the image.
- Clarifies that Neves‑Valente had been a Brown PhD physics student from 2000–2001 and formally withdrew in fall 2003, and that he was later found dead of an apparent self‑inflicted gunshot in a Salem, New Hampshire storage unit during an FBI SWAT operation.
2:58 PM
New video from deadly Brown University shooting is released
New information:
- Confirms precise timing and content of campus‑police calls: first call at 4:07 p.m. reporting confirmed gunshots and an unknown‑location victim, with a follow‑up call four minutes later providing a suspect description (all black clothing and ski mask).
- Details what is visible in roughly 20 minutes of redacted body‑cam from the initial responding supervisor: chaotic evacuation, scattered student belongings, officers repeatedly warning that the shooter may still be in the building, and efforts to stage medical rescues.
- Reports a newly released incident report describing in detail how hospitalized student victims emotionally identified the suspect from photos, including one victim freezing, crying and shaking as she confirmed the image.
- Reiterates that alleged gunman Claudio Neves Valente, a former Brown physics graduate student, is also accused of fatally shooting MIT professor Nuno F. G. Loureiro at his Boston‑area home.