In Providence, Rhode Island, Brown University has been described as a “soft target” by a criminal profiler following a tragic shooting incident on campus. The criticism highlights the university’s unsecured entrances, limited surveillance, and the fact that the shooter is still at large as of Monday.

The attack occurred at approximately 4 p.m. on Saturday when an unidentified gunman stormed a lecture hall, resulting in the deaths of two students and injuries to nine others, according to law enforcement officials.

John Kelly, a criminal profiler and president of STALK Inc., commented on the situation, stating, “The campus was an easy target due to its open doors and lack of security. The shooter likely had knowledge of the area, was possibly angry at the university or its engineering program, and was well-prepared and at ease with using a semiautomatic weapon.”

In response to the incident, students at Brown University were escorted to safety by law enforcement officers on Saturday, December 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Authorities have noted that the Barus and Holley building, the site of the shooting, had minimal security cameras, which has complicated the investigation.

The FBI released surveillance video showing a person of interest wearing dark clothes at an intersection to the northeast of the crime scene. He remained at large Monday afternoon, after police questioned but released someone else in connection with the incident.

FBI agents canvass a neighborhood near Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, on Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. A gunman killed two students and injured nine more during a finals week study session on Saturday. (Greg Norman-Diamond/Fox News Digital)

“They don’t know if he’s 500 miles away or five doors down the street,” Kelly told Fox News Digital. “What they do know is he’s a psycho killer and mass shooter. If they don’t get him, there is a lot of fear for people living there, and there will be a lot of scared kids returning to campus.”

A map showing the Barus and Holley Building at Brown University, where a gunman killed two and wounded nine Saturday, as well as the intersection where a dark-clad person of interest was seen on surveillance video. (Google Maps, Fox News Digital)

Police and federal agents were seen canvassing a wider area, including the neighborhood surrounding the Terrence Murray Baseball Stadium about five blocks to the northeast.

Forensic investigators wearing Tyvek suits were seen combing through a dumpster outside the Barus and Holley building.

File photo of Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, who is reportedly one of the victims in the mass shooting at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, Dec. 13, 2025.  (GoFundMe)

The two victims who died were identified as Ella Cook, a 19-year-old from Alabama, and Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, originally from Uzbekistan but a naturalized U.S. citizen from Virginia.