Overview
- Three students injured in the Dec. 13 campus shooting filed negligence suits in Rhode Island Superior Court, alleging the university failed to keep them safe.
- The complaints say officials ignored reports that the gunman frequented the Barus and Holley Building and did not investigate, restrict access, or add security.
- A Brown custodian says he reported the man to campus security weeks before the attack, and the lawsuits say the school still took no meaningful steps.
- Brown said it is reviewing the complaints and declined further comment, with a court hearing set for May 5.
- The filings seek compensatory and punitive damages and could widen scrutiny of Brown’s use of cameras and building access policies after the shooting that killed two students and wounded nine.