Brown University Under Fed’s Microscope Following Fatal Shooting

The Department of 🎓Education (ED) on Monday opened a review into Brown University following the Dec. 13 fatal shooting on campus.

Brown is facing scrutiny for “potential Clery Act violations” after it was revealed the Ivy League’s surveillance system “may not have been up to appropriate standards,” ED said in an announcement. Two students were killed and nine others wounded after 48-year-old Portuguese national Claudio Neves Valente opened fire in a Brown lecture hall.

The security failure allowed “the suspect to flee while the university seemed unable to provide helpful information about the profile of the alleged assassin,” ED claims. Emergency notifications during the shooting were also concerningly delayed.

“After two students were horrifically murdered at Brown University when a shooter opened fire in a campus building, the Department is initiating a review of Brown to determine if it has upheld its obligation under the law to vigilantly maintain campus security,” Secretary of Education