Coverage dated December 22, 2025

Brown University police chief placed on leave after mass shooting

Headline from CBS News

Brown University police chief Rodney Chatman has been placed on leave after the mass shooting​ that killed two students in Providence, Rhode Island.

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  1. CBS News

    Brown University police chief placed on leave after mass shooting (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Brown University police chief Rodney Chatman has been placed on leave after the mass shooting​ that killed two students in Providence, Rhode Island.

  2. Boston

    Brown University police chief placed on leave after fatal shooting, feds launch investigation (opens Boston)

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    Brown University's president on Monday placed its campus police chief on leave as the Rhode Island university reviews its security policies.

  3. CNN

    Brown places its vice president of public safety on leave as feds open investigation into safety after mass shooting (opens CNN)

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    Brown University announced on Monday it placed its police chief on administrative leave while an after-action review of a shooting earlier this month that left two students dead and nine others wounded takes place.

  4. WSVN Miami

    Brown University police chief placed on leave after fatal shooting, feds launch investigation - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports (opens WSVN Miami)

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    PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Brown University’s president on Monday placed its campus police chief on leave as the Rhode Island university reviews its security policies

  5. Fox News

    Brown University police chief placed on leave after deadly shooting as Trump admin opens investigation (opens Fox News)

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    Rodney Chatman, Brown University's vice president for public safety, was placed on administrative leave following a deadly campus shooting as Trump admin investigates.

  6. New Hampshire Union Leader

    Brown University police chief put on leave, former Providence police chief to step in (opens New Hampshire Union Leader)

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    New Hampshire Union Leader's feed description

    Brown University placed its chief of police on leave Monday as officials grapple with the discovery that the gunman in the deadly Dec. 13 mass shooting went on to kill

  7. Herald Bulletin

    Brown University police chief placed on leave after fatal shooting (opens Herald Bulletin)

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    Herald Bulletin's feed description

    Brown University has placed its campus police chief on leave as it reviews security policies following a tragic shooting.

  8. CBS News

    Brown University police chief placed on leave after deadly mass shooting (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Brown University police chief Rodney Chatman has been placed on leave after the mass shooting​ that killed two students in Providence, Rhode Island.

  9. New York Post

    Brown places campus police chief on administrative leave ‘effective immediately’ in wake of deadly shooting (opens New York Post)

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    Brown University has placed its troubled police chief on administrative leave "effective immediately" in the wake of the devastating campus shooting that killed two students.

  10. The Washington Free Beacon

    Brown University Head of Public Safety on Leave After Janitor Reveals Security Ignored Warnings of Suspicious Actor on Campus (opens The Washington Free Beacon)

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    Brown University's head of public safety, Rodney Chatman, was placed on administrative leave Monday after a janitor revealed that he saw a suspicious person lurking around campus in the weeks leading up to the December 13 shooting—a person who ended up being the gunman, Claudio Manuel Neves Valente.

  11. WHDH Boston

    Brown puts police chief on leave in wake of deadly shooting - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    BOSTON (WHDH) - The Vice President for Public Safety and Emergency Management at Brown University, Rodney Chatman, has been placed on administrative leave in the

  12. WMUR

    Brown University chief of police placed on leave after shooting (opens WMUR)

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    The Brown University chief of police has been placed on leave, effective immediately, university president Christina Paxson announced in a letter to the school community Monday.

  13. RedState

    Too Little, Too Late: Brown University Places Safety Chief on Administrative Leave (opens RedState)

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    Brown University places safety chief on leave amid security failures after student shootings.

  14. Townhall

    FINALLY: Brown University Police Chief Placed on Leave (opens Townhall)

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    Townhall's feed description

    Brown University places police chief Rodney Chatman on leave after botched emergency response.

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