Brown external review identifies security, leadership gaps in mass shooting response

By: Christopher Shea

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: August 28, 2026

Words: 875

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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Two campus police dispatchers were on duty at Brown University when reports of gunfire first emerged at 4:04 p.m. on Dec. 13, 2025. Within minutes, they were overwhelmed.

The flood of incoming calls and radio chatter that stunned dispatchers is one of the communication breakdowns described in an independent review of the mass shooting at the Ivy League university on Providence’s East Side, released Friday afternoon by the university.

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