“I HAVE THE SHOOTER, PUT THE F*CKING GUN DOWN” – Police Scanner Traffic at Brown University Mass Shooting Scene Captures Intense Moment (Audio)
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You can hear the raw panic in the officers’ voices—the kind that cuts through static and sirens like a knife. “I have the shooter, put the f*cking gun down!” That’s the chilling line from Providence Police scanner traffic during the Brown University mass shooting on December 13, 2025, a moment that turned a quiet Ivy League campus into a war zone in seconds.
The attack unfolded around 4:05 p.m. near the Barus & Holley engineering building, a seven-story hub for physics and engineering students cramming for finals. A gunman in all black burst in and opened fire, killing two and injuring eight before fleeing down Hope Street. The university’s alert system blared: “Active shooter near Barus & Holley. Lock doors, silence phones, stay hidden.” Initial reports said a suspect was in custody, but that was retracted—now it’s clear the shooter’s still loose, with police canvassing the affluent East Side neighborhood packed with red-light cameras and building security.
The Rhode Island Broadcast News Service (RIBNS) captured the scanner frenzy, where officers screamed commands amid reports of “multiple victims” in the lab and another shooting near Governor Street. “Shooter was reported as a male dressed in all black with a mask,” dispatch crackled, as teams swept 184 Hope St. and 115 Waterman. Audio from Broadcastify shows the takedown attempt: officers yelling to drop the weapon, unknown if it’s the suspect.
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Fast forward till theres about 32 seconds left !!!!!
Audio captures officers yelling “We got the shooter!” & “Put the fuckin’ gun on the ground!” as suspect is apprehended in a basement bathroom.
'I HAVE THE SHOOTER, PUT THE F*CKING GUN DOWN' — POLICE SCANNER TRAFFIC AT BROWN UNIVERSITY MASS SHOOTING SCENE pic.twitter.com/gxiL3ZfwGI
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Public outrage exploded on X as the vague “male in black” description lingered hours in, despite Brown’s tech-heavy surveillance. Nick Sortor vented: “It’s been HOURS. This is wild.” JohnMcCloy speculated, “Whenever I hear black bloc, I think Antifa.” MarineF18ret fumed, “Insane that another murderer has gotten away.” _PulseCheck demanded, “There are cameras everywhere. Why is he not caught?” (
The flip-flop from “suspect in custody” to “ongoing” has folks questioning if woke priorities are shielding a leftist radical.
This isn’t just a shooting—it’s a failure of a campus bloated on “inclusion” but blind to threats. Two lives lost, eight scarred, and a shooter walking free? Providence PD needs to use those cameras or shut up. Families deserve justice, not excuses.
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