{"id":2522919,"date":"2025-12-18T18:16:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T23:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-police-issue-arrest-warrant-in-brown-university-shooting\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T18:17:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T23:17:15","slug":"breaking-police-issue-arrest-warrant-in-brown-university-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-police-issue-arrest-warrant-in-brown-university-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: Police Issue Arrest Warrant in Brown University Shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbreaking-police-issue-arrest-warrant-in-brown-university-shooting%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2522919&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Authorities have issued an arrest warrant for a suspect in the recent Brown University <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nashville-christmas-bombing-shut-down-att-network-for-hundreds-of-miles-911-centers-disrupted-internet-service-affected-apps-in-georgia\/\" title=\"Nashville Christmas Bombing Shut Down ATT Network for Hundreds of Miles, 911 Centers Disrupted, Internet Service, Affected Apps in Georgia\">mass shooting<\/a>, where two students were killed and nine others wounded during a final exam. The suspect is described as a stocky male about 5&#8217;8&#8243; tall, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-heavily-armed-antifa-clashes-with-right-wing-protesters-outside-oregon-capitol-three-arrested\/\" title=\"WATCH: \u2018Heavily Armed\u2019 Antifa Clashes With Right-Wing Protesters Outside Oregon Capitol, Three Arrested\">wearing black clothing<\/a> and a face mask. The FBI has released enhanced video footage of the person of interest and is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to their capture.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred on December 13, 2025, and the suspect fled the scene. The investigation intensified after the murder of Nuno Loureiro, an MIT plasma physics professor and leader of the Plasma Science and Fusion Center, who was shot at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts, two days after the Brown shooting. Police are investigating a possible connection between Loureiro&#8217;s homicide and the Brown University shooting.<\/p>\n<p>earlier in the investigation, another person of interest was detained but has since been released, with authorities continuing their search for the suspect. The FBI and local police urge the public to review photos and videos of the suspect and provide any helpful information through official tip lines.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Authorities have reportedly issued an arrest warrant for a suspect in the Brown University mass shooting that occurred last week and are investigating a potential link between the school massacre and the murder of an MIT professor.<\/p>\n<p>Nuno Loureiro, who <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >taught plasma physics<\/a> at MIT and was the leader of its Plasma Science and Fusion Center, was shot at his home Monday in Brookline, Massachusetts, only two days after the Brown shooting occurred.<\/p>\n<p>Loureiro later died at a nearby hospital the following day. Police are investigating his death as a homicide.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple sources close to the investigation d this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/person-of-interest-identified-in-brown-university-shooting-sources-say\/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&amp;linkId=890557834\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">update<\/a> with CBS News on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Those same sources had also told CBS News earlier in the day that a person of interest had been identified and was being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/person-of-interest-identified-in-brown-university-shooting-sources-say\/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7e&amp;linkId=890557834\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sought by law enforcement.<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>During the shooting at Brown, two students were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-shooting-brown-university-2-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">killed<\/a>&nbsp;and nine others were wounded after a gunman opened fire Saturday afternoon inside a campus classroom during final exams.<\/p>\n<p>Following the tragedy, police said a male suspect had escaped from the building.<\/p>\n<p>During the chaotic aftermath, the Federal Bureau of Investigation &ldquo;released images and videos of the man they described as a person of interest walking around a nearby neighborhood several hours before the first 911 calls reporting the shooting came in,&rdquo; according to CBS News.<\/p>\n<p>The person was wearing black clothing and a face mask.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">ENHANCED VIDEO: We are releasing an enhanced video of the person of interest in the Brown University incident. Footage was captured on the East Side of Providence on Saturday afternoon before the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Please  widely and contact the official tip line if you have&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mewBSflOiO\">pic.twitter.com\/mewBSflOiO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Providence Police (@ProvidenceRIPD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProvidenceRIPD\/status\/2001035754898653196?\">December 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>  The FBI <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/contact-us\/field-offices\/boston\/news\/fbi-announces-50000-reward-for-information-leading-to-the-identification-arrest-and-conviction-of-the-individual-responsible-for-the-brown-university-mass-shooting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">offered<\/a> a $50,000 reward for any information leading to the identification, capture, and conviction of the shooter.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Boston Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Providence Police Department, and the Rhode Island State Police are seeking the public&rsquo;s assistance in identifying the individual responsible for the mass shooting at Brown University on Saturday, December 13, 2025,&rdquo; the FBI <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbi.gov\/contact-us\/field-offices\/boston\/news\/fbi-announces-50000-reward-for-information-leading-to-the-identification-arrest-and-conviction-of-the-individual-responsible-for-the-brown-university-mass-shooting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announcement<\/a> read.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Investigators believe the suspect, who is considered armed and dangerous, is approximately 5&rsquo;8&rdquo; tall with a stocky build,&rdquo; the statement continued. &ldquo;The public is being asked to review photos and video of the suspect and  the images on social media.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Anyone with information is asked to contact the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI or the Providence Police Department at 401-272-3121.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>This news comes just several days after another person of interest was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/police-release-person-interest-brown-university-shooting-evidence-points-different-direction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">released<\/a> from custody by the FBI.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We will be releasing the person of interest who had been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-to-release-person-of-interest-in-brown-university-shooting-as-evidence-points-in-different-direction\/\" title=\"... to Release Person of ... in ... as Evidence Points in Different Direction\">detained earlier today<\/a>,&rdquo; Providence Mayor Brett Smiley said late Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha, a Democrat, said releasing the person who was initially detained at a hotel in Coventry doesn&rsquo;t mean police will fail to crack the case.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is what these investigations look like,&rdquo; Neronha explained. &ldquo;Sometimes you head in one direction, and then you have to regroup and go in another.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Nuno Loureiro, an MIT plasma physics professor and head of its Plasma Science and Fusion Center, was shot at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts, on Monday-just two days after the Brown shooting. He later died at a nearby hospital. Police are treating his death as a homicide. Multiple sources close to the investigation shared this information with CBS News on Thursday. Earlier that day, those sources also confirmed that law enforcement had identified a person of interest who is currently being sought<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2522920,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Brown-University-shooting.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[39940,50825,60369,3967,4300],"class_list":["post-2522919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-arrest-warrant","tag-breaking-2","tag-brown-university","tag-police","tag-shooting"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Brown-University-shooting.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2522919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2522919"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2522919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2522923,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2522919\/revisions\/2522923"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2522920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2522919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2522919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2522919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}