The FBI issued a reward of as much as $50,000 for info resulting in the arrest and conviction of the alleged gunman in Saturday’s deadly mass taking pictures at Brown College, as members of the bureau’s Boston Division aided the Windfall Police Division of their seek for the assailant.
The FBI launched a poster with three photographs of an individual whom they’re looking for, calling them an “unknown suspect” and together with a brief description: “The suspect is described as a male, roughly 5’8″ with a stocky construct.”
“We despatched extra assets and personnel earlier immediately to assist observe down leads, canvass neighborhoods, and develop intelligence,” FBI Director Kash Patel mentioned late Monday on social media. “Our Proof Response Group stays on campus processing the scene, and our Lab at Quantico is helping as effectively.”
A picture posted to FBI Director Kash Patel’s X account and proven at a press convention reveals an individual described as an unknown suspect within the Brown College taking pictures, because the seek for the shooter continues, in Windfall, Rhode Island, Dec. 15, 2025.
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The reward for info got here as newly launched safety video confirmed what native and federal regulation enforcement mentioned was an individual of curiosity wished for questioning in reference to the lethal mass taking pictures.
Police in Windfall mentioned two college students had been killed and 9 different individuals had been injured within the taking pictures in a classroom setting on Faculty Hill, the world on Windfall’s East Aspect the place historic properties intermingle with redbrick and trendy campus buildings.
Windfall Police Chief Colonel Oscar Perez appears at a brand new video launched of the potential shooter at Brown College, throughout a press convention in Windfall, Rhode Island, Dec. 15, 2025.
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Brown College President Christina H. Paxson on Sunday mentioned the taking pictures amounted to “devastating gun violence.”
The college on Monday night mentioned the Windfall police had been looking for interviews with everybody who had been within the Barus & Holley constructing — the physics and engineering heart the place the taking pictures happened — on both Friday or Saturday.
“Even an incidental element could also be useful in investigating,” the varsity mentioned in an replace.
State officers shared in a single day the FBI’s poster looking for info.
FBI officers search an space of Windfall, R.I., Monday, Dec. 15, 2025.
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Gov. Dan McKee mentioned he had directed the Rhode Island State Police, which is helping within the investigation, to “proceed to offer all obligatory investigative and patrol assist to town and the campus.”
“Like so many people who’ve been impacted by the tragedy at Brown College this weekend, I’m anxious to have the shooter recognized, apprehended, and delivered to justice,” McKee mentioned in an announcement asserting the reward early Tuesday.
