Candles are lit by framed photos of mass shooting victims Mukhammad Aziz Amurzokov and Ella Cook at a makeshift memorial near Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, on December 15, 2025. A gunman remained at large after a weekend mass shooting at elite Brown University left two dead and nine wounded, with US authorities releasing new footage of a masked "person of interest" captured on surveillance cameras. The shooting took place December 13 in a building where exams were underway on the Ivy League campus in Providence, Rhode Island when a man with a rifle burst in and opened fire before fleeing. (Photo by Bing Guan / AFP via Getty Images)

Brown University places school’s Police Chief and VP of Public Safety on leave amid review of university security, response

Brown University Police Chief Rodney Chatman, who also serves as the Vice President for Public Safety and Emergency Management, has reportedly been placed on administrative leave, effective immediately, as the university conducts reviews of its security and response following the recent campus shooting.

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