Watch: Providence Police Chief Gives Astonishingly Unacceptable Response When Asked What Shooter Shouted Before Gunning Down Students

Providence Police Chief Oscar Perez Jr. declined to answer direct questions from reporters about whether the Brown University gunman shouted anything before opening fire, fueling growing concerns about transparency and politically motivated silence from authorities.

On Saturday, an unidentified suspect shot and killed two students on the campus of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. One of the victims was 19-year-old Ella Cook, who served as vice president of the university’s Republican Club.

During a Monday press conference, Perez repeatedly brushed aside questions about whether the shooter yelled “Allahu Akbar!” before carrying out the attack. Multiple media outlets have reported that the phrase was shouted during the shooting, yet law enforcement has refused to confirm or deny those accounts.

“Allahu Akbar!” is a phrase that has become closely associated in the public consciousness with radical Islamic terrorism, making its potential use in this attack highly relevant to understanding the suspect’s motives and ideology.

Whether the gunman said anything before the shooting is not a trivial detail. Such information could provide critical insight into motive and help narrow the manhunt for a suspect who remains at large. Instead, authorities have chosen silence.

Compounding public frustration, police have released no information about the suspect’s race or ethnicity—another example, critics argue, of how left-wing “wokeness” has undermined both law enforcement credibility and public trust.

Perez, a Colombian immigrant and the city’s top law enforcement official, appeared more focused on avoiding politically sensitive disclosures than on fully informing the public about a brutal double homicide.

At one point during the press conference, Perez spoke entirely in Spanish, despite the briefing being broadcast live across the United States.

Many observers note the stark contrast in how such cases are handled depending on the suspected ideology of the perpetrator. If the shooter had been a white, Christian male who shouted “Christ is King!” or “MAGA!” before the attack, critics argue his name, photo, and personal details would have been immediately plastered across headlines nationwide.

Instead, key facts remain concealed.

As the suspect remains at large and families mourn, the refusal to address basic questions has only deepened skepticism toward institutions that appear increasingly willing to withhold the truth when it conflicts with their preferred narratives.