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The FBI is offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the arrest of the unidentified suspect in connection with the mass shooting at Brown University on Saturday (December 13), according to its website.
"The FBI is offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest, and conviction of the individual responsible for this shooting," the website states.
FBI Director Kash Patel also confirmed the reward offer in a post shared on his X account Monday (December 15).
"At this time, the FBI continues to act in an assisting role with the Providence PD leading the investigation," Patel wrote. "We will continue providing all assets, resources, and personnel necessary to support. We sent additional resources and personnel earlier today to help track down leads, canvass neighborhoods, and develop intelligence. Our Evidence Response Team remains on campus processing the scene, and our Lab at Quantico is assisting as well. Anything Rhode Island authorities need from this FBI, we will be there. This evening, FBI and partners released new photos of the person of interest. The FBl is offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest, and conviction of the individual."
The FBI also shared several surveillance photos of the suspect, who was described as "a male, approximately 5'8" with a stocky build." An individual previously detained as a person of interest was released on Sunday (December 14) as authorities announced a manhunt was underway.
The mass shooting was reported on Brown University's East Side campus Saturday, which resulted in the deaths of two students and nine others being transported to local hospitals.
"Our hearts go out to them. This is a day of tremendous sorrow. No parent or family member should ever have to endure a day like this," said Brown University President Christina H. Paxson in a statement shared just before 2:00 a.m. local time.
One of the two victims killed was identified as Ella Cook, a sophomore student and the vice president of Brown University's Republican club, by her Alabama parish and a former classmate. President Donald Trump addressed the incident, as well as the mass shooting targeting Jewish victims at Bondi Beach in Australia and the deaths of three U.S. soldiers in Syria, during a Christmas event at the White House on Sunday.
“I want to just pay my respects to the people, unfortunately, two are no longer with us, Brown University, nine injured, and two are looking down on us right now from Heaven,” Trump said via the New York Post. “And likewise, in Australia, that was a terrible attack. 11 dead, 29 badly wounded, and that was an anti-Semitic attack, obviously. And I just want to pay my respects to everybody.
“It was a rough day.”