As the investigation into a shocking mass shooting at Brown University drags into its fourth day with no suspect in custody, Rhode Island’s Democrat Attorney General Peter Neronha snapped at a reporter after being confronted with mounting questions, including why Brown University scrubbed its website of a pro-Palestine activist’s profile.
As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, one of the victims of the attack was 19-year-old Brown University sophomore Ella Cooke, a devout Christian from Alabama and the Vice President of Brown’s Republican Club.
Fox News host Jesse Watters raised disturbing questions that many Americans are now asking:
“The family of Ella Cooke, the Alabama young woman who was a sophomore, has been told that she was the target of what happened at Brown. I have no idea whether that’s true. But if police are telling students they are safe and don’t need to shelter in place — while they don’t have a suspect in custody — that suggests this was a targeted attack.”
The second Brown University shooting victim has been identified as 18-year-old Uzbekistan immigrant Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov.
Watters also noted reports that the shooter may have screamed “Allahu Akbar” before opening fire, though police have refused to confirm the details.
“A guy walks into an Ivy League building, fires off 40 rounds, murders two people, walks out — and three days later, they have no idea who he is. They won’t even say if it was a man or a woman. Police first claimed they had a white Army veteran detained… then admitted, ‘Oops, wrong guy.’”
As police stonewalled the public, internet sleuths noticed something else: Brown University wiped its website of profiles linked to a self-described “Free Palestine” and LGBTQ activist.
(NOTE: The Gateway Pundit is not alleging or asserting that the individual is the shooter at Brown University. No individual mentioned in this report has been charged in connection with the crime unless explicitly stated by law enforcement. As always, all individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.)
When reporters asked Rhode Island AG Peter Neronha about the sudden removal of the profiles, he became visibly defensive.
Neronha insisted that if the activist’s name were relevant, law enforcement would be “out looking for that person,” and warned the public against “reading into things.”
He concluded by demanding that the public focus instead on helping police identify the shooter, despite the fact that authorities have released little actionable information.
Peter Neronha:
I have a question about that name, and I know the name that you’re asking about because a member of the media asked me about it. I am familiar with it. I wasn’t familiar with it when the media member asked me about it—I think it was either CBS or NBC. I asked my team about it, and I think this is an area where caution is really necessary.There are lots of reasons why a page might be taken down, particularly if there’s chatter out there about— to your question, Amanda—words that were spoken.
It’s easy to jump from someone saying words were spoken, to what those words are, to a particular name that reflects a motive targeting a particular person. That’s a really dangerous road to go down. Really dangerous.
If that name meant anything to this investigation, we would be out looking for that person, and we would let you know we were looking for that person. Again, I think it’s just a really dangerous road to go down.
I know that in today’s age there are lots of things that people read into things. It’s just a dangerous thing to do. I would leave it to us to identify persons of interest and let us run them down.
What the public can do for us today is help us figure out who this guy is. We hope to have more information out that will help you help us do that.
WATCH:
BREAKING: Rhode Island AG Peter Neronha asked about Mustapha Kharbouch — the pro-Palestine activist whose Brown University profiles were mysteriously scrubbed today.
AG explodes at reporters asking about him: “You’re playing a dangerous game”
Why the rage? pic.twitter.com/DfcHs5ZDKn
— Alec Lace (@AlecLace) December 16, 2025
Brown President Christina Paxson said she has no knowledge of why they were taken down.
NOW: A reporter just asked the University President about webpages being taken DOWN after the Brown University shooting – one of which is reportedly Mustapha Karbouch’s.
“I know nothing about webpages being taken down. First I’ve heard of it.” https://t.co/uAQxL583Os pic.twitter.com/Z8RQZ2WLEJ
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) December 16, 2025
Brown University issued a statement denouncing the online doxxing of a student, clarifying that the individual being named publicly is not a suspect in the shooting.
“In the aftermath of the shooting, we’ve seen harmful doxxing activity directed toward at least one member of the Brown University community.
It’s important to make clear that targeting individuals could do irrevocable harm.
Accusations, speculation and conspiracies we’re seeing on social media and in some news reports are irresponsible, harmful, and in some cases dangerous for the safety of individuals in our community.
It is not unusual as a safety measure to take steps to protect an individual’s safety when this kind of activity happens, including in regard to their online presence.
As law enforcement officials stated clearly on Tuesday afternoon, if this individual’s name had any relevance to the current investigation, they would be actively looking for this individual and providing information publicly.”
Brown University has released a statement condemning the doxxing of a student whose name is being widely shared online. That person is not a suspect in the shooting. pic.twitter.com/GvOvXy5Mte
— BNO News Live (@BNODesk) December 17, 2025
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