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Brown University has canceled its upcoming basketball games following a deadly shooting that left two students and nine other students dead, as authorities continue to search for a suspect still at large.
The university’s athletics department released a statement Tuesday confirming that the upcoming men’s and women’s basketball games scheduled for Sunday have been canceled.
The Brown University men’s basketball team stands during the national anthem before a game against Holy Cross at the Pizzitola Sports Center in Providence, Rhode Island on November 18, 2025. (Eric Rueb/Providence Journal / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
The women’s team was scheduled to host Monmouth at the Pizzitola Sports Center, located about a half-mile from where the shooting took place Saturday afternoon. The men’s team was scheduled to travel to USC.
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The Trojans released a statement calling the decision a “mutual agreement.”
“The entire USC community sends its support to Brown University following the tragedy that has impacted its students, staff, alumni and the city of Providence,” the statement continued.
A bouquet of flowers lies on the snow, Sunday, December 14, 2025, on the campus of Brown University, not far from where a shooting took place in Providence, Rhode Island. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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An unknown suspect entered the Barus and Holley engineering building on the Ivy League campus just before 4:30 p.m. ET and opened fire, killing Ella Cook and Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov.
Cook, 19, was president of the Brown University College Republicans.
Authorities announced early Sunday morning that a person of interest had been arrested, but that person was later released due to lack of evidence, Providence officials said.
The FBI has released new images of a person of interest in the mass shooting at Brown University on December 13, 2025. (FBI)
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Surveillance video of a person of interest has been released. The individual is seen in the videos dressed in black and wearing a face covering. The individual is seen walking on foot in what appears to be a residential area.
Investigators described the person of interest as a man approximately 5 feet 8 inches tall with a stocky build.
