A person of interest detained over the shooting at Brown University that left two dead and nine injured has been released as law enforcement continues to hunt for the gunman, officials said late Sunday.  That announcement came one day after a gunman wearing all black stormed an engineering building and opened fire on a group of students studying for finals. Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha said that evidence pointed law enforcement in a different direction.  “There was some degree of evidence that pointed to this individual, but that evidence needed to be corroborated and confirmed,” he said at a press conference on Sunday. “That evidence now points in a different direction. So what that means is that this person of interest needs to be, and should be released.” Neronha added that it was unfortunate that specific information about the person of interest had been leaked to the media.  “I think what is really unfortunate [is] that this person’s name was leaked to the public. It’s hard to put that back in the bottle, OK? So we’re going to proceed very carefully here,” he said. “
There is too much at stake for the victims of this horrific crime and their families to take chances with respect to this investigation.” Christmas Sale – Get 40% off New DailyWire+ Annual Memberships When the person of interest was initially detained by law enforcement, Providence Police Chief Oscar Perez said that authorities were not looking for anyone else in connection with the attack. Perez said Sunday that the person of interest was not the individual captured on video that was released by the police department. Law enforcement is still looking for the person shown in the video.   Video of person of interest in Brown shooting: pic.twitter.com/fjufQ3MTdC — Providence Police (@ProvidenceRIPD) December 14, 2025 At the same press conference, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley said the investigation was ongoing but that they did not believe there was any ongoing threat to the community.   “We know that this is likely to cause fresh anxiety for our community, and we want to reiterate what we said earlier, which remains true, which is ever since the initial call, now a day and a half ago, we have not received any credible or specific threats to the Providence community,” he said.  Rhode Island Governor Daniel McKee said he spoke with FBI Director Kash Patel before the press conference to inform him that the person of interest would be released. He said Patel told him federal resources would continue to be provided while the search was ongoing. 

Director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found dead in their home in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles on Sunday, and police are investigating what they are now calling an “apparent homicide.” Authorities were reportedly called to the home earlier in the afternoon, and at approximately 3:30 p.m. local time, the Los Angeles Fire Department discovered a deceased male and a deceased female. Their approximate ages matched those of Reiner, 78, and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, 68. The LAPD issued a brief statement, revealing only that the case would be handled going forward by the Robbery Homicide Division (RHD): “At this time, no further details are available as this is an ongoing RHD investigation, into an apparent homicide.” Christmas Sale – Get 40% off New DailyWire+ Annual Memberships Later reports determined that the two deceased individuals were, in fact, Reiner and his wife. Sources told entertainment site TMZ that both Reiner and his wife had lacerations that were consistent with stab wounds. Reiner, the son of the late comedian Carl Reiner, forged his own career in comedy and in Hollywood. While he initially rose to fame as Archie Bunker’s son-in-law Mike Stivic — or Meathead – on the 1970s sitcom “All in the Family,” Reiner expanded his Hollywood legacy by directing a slew of iconic films. Reiner’s film career spanned decades as he turned out cult classics like “This is Spinal Tap” and “The Princess Bride” in addition to blockbusters like “Stand By Me,” “A Few Good Men,” and “When Harry Met Sally.” He was also a political activist, advocating for leftist causes. Reiner and Michele Singer married in 1989 and were together for more than 35 years. The Oscar-nominated director was previously married to the late director Penny Marshall, who also starred in “Laverne & Shirley.” People magazine reported on Sunday evening — citing multiple unnamed sources — that the couple had been killed by their 32-year-old son, Nick, who had struggled for years with addiction.

The world reeled on Sunday with news of one deadly shooting at Rhode Island’s Brown University and another at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia — and somehow, Democrats tied both to President Donald Trump and American firearm policies. For those who don’t spend their Sunday mornings glued to the television — and their Sunday afternoons attempting to dig through a week’s worth of network and cable news media spin — The Daily Wire has compiled a short summary of what you may have missed. The two attacks, based on multiple reports, could not be more different aside from the method used to carry them out. At Brown University, a masked gunman barged into a classroom where students were reviewing for an economics exam and opened fire, killing two and wounding several others. Initial reports stated that the suspect “shouted something” but it was not clear what. The suspect fled the scene, but local authorities and FBI Director Kash Patel announced that a “person of interest” was apprehended within a matter of hours. On the other side of the world, in Australia, at least two suspects opened fire on a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach. They killed at least 15 and wounded others. One of the shooters was briefly interrupted when a civilian charged him, wrestled his firearm away, and then held him at gunpoint. He eventually was able to run to where he’d stashed another firearm, and immediately started shooting again. In an interview with Ali Velshi that aired on MS NOW (formerly MSNBC), Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) addressed both shootings. WATCH: Ilhan Omar asked about shoot*ngs at Brown and in Australia on MSNOW: “It is a tragedy that this has become a normal occurrence not just in the United States…” “…but now seeing it in Australia, who’s worked really hard to create gun prevention laws to prevent the kind of… pic.twitter.com/oatZmnVUX5 — Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) December 14, 2025 “This is yet another bad day for America,” Velshi prompted. “Yeah, we are still recovering from the shooting at Annunciation church,” Omar began, referencing a school shooting that had taken place just weeks earlier in her home state. “It is a tragedy that this has become a normal occurrence, not just in the United States but now seeing it in Australia who’s worked really hard to create gun prevention laws to prevent the kind of tragedy that took place today.” Omar made no mention of the fact that the shooting in Australia had taken place in spite of that nation enacting the kind of restrictive gun laws that she and others within the Democratic Party would be only too happy to foist on the American people. She also gave no attention to the obvious motive in the Bondi Beach shooting, in which Australian Jews were targeted while celebrating Hanukkah together. On CNN’s “State of the Union,” Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) laid the blame for the Brown University shooting at President Trump’s feet, claiming that he’d been engaging in an active “campaign” to promote more and more violence. WATCH: In the wake of the Brown University shooting, Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy tells Dana Bash that President Trump “has been engaged in a pretty deliberate campaign to try to make violence more likely in this country.” pic.twitter.com/FSSbCqWrRo — State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) December 14, 2025 “It’s not shocking, because over the last year, President Trump has been engaged in a dizzying campaign to increase violence in this country,” Murphy began, clearly insinuating that the Trump administration was encouraging violence. “He’s restoring gun rights to felons and to people who have lost their ability to buy guns, he eliminated the White House Office of Gun Violence Protection, and he has stopped funding mental health grants and community anti-gun violence grants that Republicans and Democrats supported in that 2022 bill,” Murphy continued. “He has been engaged in a pretty deliberate campaign to try to make violence more likely, and I think you’re unfortunately going to see the results of that on the streets of America,” he said. Murphy was referencing a rule proposed by Trump’s Justice Department in July – a rule that would allow certain people with criminal records to have their Second Amendment rights restored, but only after they were evaluated to ensure that they did not actually pose a risk to others. CNN anchor Dana Bash pressed Murphy on that assertion, saying, “That’s a pretty big statement, he’s in a campaign to make violence more likely?” “Of course! I mean, he’s knowingly restoring gun rights to dangerous people. He is cutting off grants that have bipartisan support to try to interrupt violence in our cities, or to try to get necessary mental health resources to families and children in need,” Murphy claimed. “The evidence tells you that when you stop funding mental health, when you stop funding community anti-gun violence programs, when you give gun rights back to dangerous people, you are going to have increase in violence. That is knowable and that is foreseeable.” On NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Senator Raphael Warnock — who also supports restrictive gun laws — weighed in on the Brown University shooting and suggested that it had occurred because legislators had not done enough to limit access to firearms. WATCH: Any nation that tolerates violence like this year after year, decade after decade is broken and in need of moral repair. pic.twitter.com/5q2d0rCZmG — Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock (@SenatorWarnock) December 14, 2025 “We have to pray not only with our lips but with our actions,” Warnock told anchor Kristen Welker. “Any nation that tolerates this kind of violence year after year, decade after decade, in random places, on our college and school campuses, without doing all that we can to stop it is broken and in need of moral repair.” Just hours earlier, Warnock made a similar comment in a post on X, saying, “Saddened by the tragic news of the shooting at Brown University. May God give peace to the parents and families of the victims, strength and courage to our country to do all we can to stem the awful scourge of gun violence.”

Erika Kirk is set to meet in person with podcast host Candace Owens on Monday, when Turning Point USA was set to hold a livestream to address conspiracy theories about Charlie Kirk’s assassination that have been pushed by Owens. “Candace Owens and I are meeting for a private, in-person discussion,” Kirk posted on Sunday, adding that plans for the livestream would be put on hold. “[Owens] and I have agreed that public discussions, livestreams and tweets are on hold until after this meeting. I look forward to a productive conversations. Thank you.” The shocking announcement came Sunday night after Kirk publicly asked Owens to stop spreading rumors surrounding her husband’s death. Owens quickly reposted the announcement, saying she was “looking forward” to it.   Candace Owens and I are meeting for a private, in-person discussion on Monday, December 15. @RealCandaceO and I have agreed that public discussions, livestreams, and tweets are on hold until after this meeting. I look forward to a productive conversation. Thank you. — Erika Kirk (@MrsErikaKirk) December 15, 2025 “I am very much looking forward to this discussion,” Owens added. Owens has used her podcast the last three months to analyze Kirk’s murder, pushing bizarre theories and suggesting that TPUSA was covering up the truth. Owens has questioned the FBI’s handling of the investigation, and suggested that foreign agencies from countries including Israel and France were involved. She has recently put the focus on TPUSA itself, which is now under the leadership of Erika Kirk. Erika Kirk in recent days has pushed back on the claims. “When you go after my family, my Turning Point USA family, my Charlie Kirk Show family, when you go after the people that I love, and you’re making hundreds and thousands of dollars every single episode going after the people that I love because somehow they’re in on this, no,” she told Fox News Wednesday. Owens took that interview and used it to criticize Erika Kirk more. “Don’t try to, like, ‘mom’ the organization and say, ‘Well, mother’s upset because people are coming after her kids and all of the multimillion-dollar subsidiaries.” In a town hall with CBS News on Saturday, Kirk said she is worried the conspiracy theories are going to taint the jury pool for trial of her husband’s alleged killer, Tyler Robinson, who is charged with aggravated murder and faces the death penalty. CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss asked Kirk directly what she wanted from Owens. “Stop. That’s it. That’s all I have to say. Stop.” Owens originally told members of TPUSA she was unavailable to meet in person, Monday, December 15 — she was invited by TPUSA to participate in the livestream to address her accusations of the organization. Owens offered to connect with members of TPUSA virtually, but Blake Neff, the producer of The Charlie Kirk Show, said TPUSA would be proceeding without Owens. Owens’ schedule appears to have cleared. There’s no word yet on when the details of this private meeting will be made public.

Authorities in Australia have identified the suspects in Sunday’s horrific Hanukkah shooting in Bondi Beach, Sydney, as a 50-year-old man and his 24-year-old son. Officials gave an update on Sunday evening, and although they did not name the suspects, they revealed that the father had been killed at the scene of the shooting and the son remained in the hospital with critical injuries. “Based on his medical condition, it is likely that this person may face criminal charges,” Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon — of the New South Wales Police — said of the younger man. Lanyon also warned the public against retaliation, saying, “This is a time for calm. Retribution or acts against any parts of any community will not be accepted.” Authorities have labeled the attack — on a gathering of hundred of Australian Jews who were gathered to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah — an act of terrorism and antisemitism. Criminal charges are expected to be filed against the recovering suspect. Local police do not believe that any other suspects were involved in the attack. Commissioner Lanyon noted that the older of the two suspects was legally able to possess firearms — despite Australia’s strict firearm regulations — because he was a member of a gun club and had obtained a recreational hunting license. He had legal licenses for six firearms and six firearms were all that were recovered from his property and from the scene of the shooting. Lawmakers in Australia have already begun to talk about tightening gun regulations even further in the wake of the shooting. “It means introducing a bill to Parliament to — I mean, to be really blunt — make it more difficult to get these horrifying weapons that have no practical use in our community,” New South Wales Premier Chris Minns said. “If you’re not a farmer, if you’re not involved in agriculture, why do you need these massive weapons that put the public in danger and make life dangerous and difficult for New South Wales Police?” Minns also vowed to make it clear to the citizens that the government and police would protect them, saying, “We need to send a clear message to the people of this state … that New South Wales police are there to protect them, to keep them safe, and they’ve got every right to celebrate their faith.” The names of those who were murdered at the Hanukkah celebration have not yet been officially released, but Chabad — the group that organized the popular event — announced earlier in the day that Rabbi Eli Schlanger had been among those killed. Schlanger had recently penned a letter to Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, warning him not to betray the Jewish people. “To Anthony Albanese, I say this with urgency – stop fueling terrorism by legitimizing those who spread hate. Listen to the voices of those who understand it firsthand,” he wrote. “As a rabbi in Sydney, I beg you not to betray the Jewish people and not God himself,” Schlanger wrote to Albanese. “Jews have been torn from their land again and again by leaders who are now remembered with contempt in the pages of history. You have an opportunity to stand on the side of justice.” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had also warned Albanese to rescind his support for Palestinian statehood, saying in part, “Your call for a Palestinian state pours fuel on this antisemitic fire. It is not diplomacy, it is appeasement. It rewards Hamas terror, hardens Hamas’s refusal to free the hostages, emboldens those who menace Australian Jews and encourages the Jew-hatred now stalking your streets.”