Coverage dated December 18, 2025

Here's how 1 anonymous tipster cracked the Brown University shooting case

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The tipster is being hailed as the key figure who gave officials the details needed to determine who was behind the Brown University shooting, as well as the...

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  1. NBC Chicago

    Here's how 1 anonymous tipster cracked the Brown University shooting case (opens NBC Chicago)

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    The tipster is being hailed as the key figure who gave officials the details needed to determine who was behind the Brown University shooting, as well as the...

  2. WFMZ Allentown

    How 1 anonymous tipster cracked the Brown University shooting case (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    Law enforcement officials say an anonymous tipster known only as “John” helped crack the case of two Brown University students

  3. GBH News

    How a Reddit tipster cracked the Brown University shooting case (opens GBH News)

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    Known only as “John” in a Providence police affidavit, the source is being hailed by investigators as the key figure who gave law enforcement the details needed to determine who was behind the Brown shooting.

  4. NBC News

    How a Reddit tipster cracked the Brown University and MIT shooting cases (opens NBC News)

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    Having unleashed a multiagency manhunt — involving the Providence police, the FBI and a $50,000 reward — the clue investigators needed in the Brown University shooting was ultimately found not on a street corner but in a Reddit thread

  5. WHDH Boston

    How 1 anonymous tipster cracked the Brown University shooting case - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Information from a tipster who had a strange encounter with another man on a sidewalk outside Brown University was key to

  6. WHDH Boston

    How an anonymous tipster cracked the Brown University shooting case - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Information from a tipster who had a strange encounter with another man on a sidewalk outside Brown University was key to

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