Smiley releases ‘full and complete response’ to flood of records requests on Brown shooting

By: Alexander Castro

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: February 9, 2026

Words: 1,322

Last Updated: 3 weeks ago

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A brick wall awash in the alternating red and blue of police lights, a radio’s intermittent chirping, and officers’ weapons momentarily drawn in the basement of a Brown University building where about 20 minutes earlier a gunman had opened fire on the floor above.

These are a few of the details visible in the 20 minutes of bodycam footage released Monday by Providence Mayor Brett Smiley’s administration in response to requests for information …

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