Coverage dated December 17, 2025

Investigators examine possible connection between Brown shooting, MIT slaying

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Authorities are looking at a possible connection between the mass shooting at Brown University and the killing of a MIT professor in Brookline earlier this week, according to local sources.

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  1. WMUR

    Investigators examine possible connection between Brown shooting, MIT slaying (opens WMUR)

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    WMUR's feed description

    Authorities are looking at a possible connection between the mass shooting at Brown University and the killing of a MIT professor in Brookline earlier this week, according to local sources.

  2. Lamag

    Brown University Shooter Identified, Police Probe Possible MIT Link (opens Lamag)

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    Lamag's feed description

    Investigators are examining a potential connection between the Brown University shooting and the killing of an MIT professor in Brookline.

  3. NBC Chicago

    Police looking into whether MIT professor's killing could be linked to Brown shooting (opens NBC Chicago)

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    Police are looking into whether a shooting in Brookline, Mass., that killed an MIT professor could be linked to the mass shooting at Brown University.

  4. WHEC Rochester

    Police are investigating link between Brown shooting and killing of MIT professor, AP sources say (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    WHEC Rochester's feed description

    Authorities are investigating a connection between the mass hooting at Brown University and the killing of an MIT professor two days later, according to three people familiar with the matter who were not authorized to discuss an ongoing investigation and spoke on condition of anonymity.

  5. Fox2 Detroit

    Police investigating possible link between Brown University shooting, killing of MIT professor: AP sources (opens Fox2 Detroit)

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    Fox2 Detroit's feed description

    Though the FBI previously said it knew of no connection between the two cases, police are now investigating a possible link.

  6. 6ABC Philadelphia

    Brown mass shooting and MIT professor murder may be linked: Sources (opens 6ABC Philadelphia)

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    6ABC Philadelphia's feed description

    The mass shooting at Brown University and the murder of an MIT professor in Brookline, Massachusetts, may be linked.

  7. Forbes

    Brown University Shooting: Police Investigating Whether MIT Professor’s Killing Is Connected (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    A gunman killed two people and injured nine in a mass shooting on Saturday.

  8. Las Vegas Review-Journal

    Police investigate link between Brown shooting and killing of MIT professor, AP sources say (opens Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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    Las Vegas Review-Journal's feed description

    PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Authorities said Thursday that they’re looking into a connection between last weekend’s mass shooting at Brown University and one two days later near Boston that killed a professor at another elite school, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

  9. WMUR

    Brown U. shooting, MIT professor shot: Possible connection? (opens WMUR)

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    WMUR's feed description

    Investigators are looking into whether the killing of an MIT professor and last weekend's mass shooting at Brown University are possibly connected, sources told our sister station WCVB.

  10. The Christian Post

    Police issue warrant for suspect in Brown U shooting; possible link to MIT murder (opens The Christian Post)

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    The Christian Post's feed description

    Authorities have issued an arrest warrant for a suspect in the Brown University shooting that resulted in the deaths of two students.

  11. Newsweek

    Brown mass shooting possibly linked to MIT professors killing (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

    Authorities probe a possible link between the Brown University mass shooting and the killing of an MIT professor days later.

  12. NBC News

    Brown University shooting live updates: Police probing whether suspect is tied to MIT professor’s killing (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    Police are looking into whether a shooting that killed an MIT professor could be linked to the mass shooting incident at Brown University, according to law enforcement officials.

  13. The Guardian

    Police investigate links between Brown shooting and killing of MIT professor (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Sources say person of interest identified in attack at university and death of prominent physicist 50 miles away

  14. New York Post

    Cops investigating whether Brown, MIT murders are connected — after days of unsuccessful manhunts (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Cops are probing potential ties between the deadly shooting at Brown University and the slaying of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor, sources told The Post.

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