Police Transparency and Body Cameras

Providence released roughly 20 minutes of heavily redacted body‑cam footage from the initial responding supervisor and 911/campus‑police audio showing a chaotic evacuation, officers warning the shooter may still be in the building, and a precise timeline of calls—an initial confirmed‑gunshots call at 4:07 p.m., an updated suspect description around 4:11 p.m. and an active‑shooter declaration shortly thereafter—along with an early detained maintenance worker who was quickly ruled out. An incident report and surveillance stills show multiple hospitalized victims independently identifying alleged shooter Claudio Manuel Neves‑Valente (one victim “froze,” cried and shook), confirm that 18‑year‑old Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov and 19‑year‑old Ella Cook were killed inside Tanner Auditorium while nine others were hospitalized, and note that Neves‑Valente, a former Brown physics student, was later found dead of an apparent self‑inflicted gunshot during an FBI SWAT operation; officials say they released a single comprehensive video after consulting victims’ families and lawyers.