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"...the tipster who blew wide open the case is reportedly a homeless Brown graduate who lived in the basement of the engineering building..." Where did you read
by sometimez 10mo ago
"...the tipster who blew wide open the case is reportedly a homeless Brown graduate who lived in the basement of the engineering building..." Where did you read this?
- shagie 10mo agohttps://news.sky.com/story/how-a-reddit-post-blew-brown-university-shooting-investigation-wide-open-13485440 https://news.sky.com/story/how-a-reddit-post-blew-brown-univ... > How a Reddit post blew Brown University shooting investigation wide open > Frustration had mounted that the murderer had managed to get away and that a clear image of his face hadn't emerged - until a Reddit post finally put police on his trail.
- astura 10mo agoThat says he's a reddit poster, not a Brown graduate who lived in the basement of the engineering building.
- jkaplowitz 10mo agoThose two descriptions are not mutually contradictory.
- tsol 10mo agoWhat I heard is he called the police tip line and left a message but didn't hear back for two days. After two days he left this tip and then was made a person of interest. This is just what I heard, not sure if there's more to this story.
- astura 10mo agoAnd...?? How does "he was a Brown graduate who lived in the basement of the engineering building" follow? Wtf?
- blitzar 10mo agoA lot of reddit posters live in basements, a subset of which are in the engineering building.
- astura 10mo agoMost Reddit posters are children. What of it? How does "he was a Brown graduate who lived in the basement of the engineering building" follow?
- kurthr 10mo agohttps://kfanplus.iheart.com/content/2025-12-19-homeless-man-who-cracked-brown-mit-shootings-entitled-massive-reward https://kfanplus.iheart.com/content/2025-12-19-homeless-man-... It was posted on a Fox News affiliate. He won't get the reward, because he called 911 rather than the tipline.
- 650REDHAIR 10mo agoThat doesn't surprise me at all. Makes me furious, but it doesn't surprise me.
- rectang 10mo agoI assume he will also no longer be able to live in the engineering hall basement. Beyond personal moral satisfaction, coming forward only means sacrifice. But a number of people have lost their lives, which keeps the scale of the tipster's personal losses in perspective. A terrible event all around.
- JumpCrisscross 10mo ago> number of people have lost their lives, which keeps the scale of the tipster's personal losses in perspective I disagree. The shooter’s victims fell to a random act of violence. (As in the victims were randomly selected. The shooter didn’t randomly occur.) It is tragic. But it was a crime committed by one man, now dead, who targeted the innocent. The tipster is more than innocent. He is a hero. His eviction is not a random act of cruelty, but a result of his heroism. And his assailants aren’t a monster, whom we don’t expect to strive for goodness, but us.
- bofadeez 10mo agoLast sentence went a little insane.
- JumpCrisscross 10mo ago
- tartoran 10mo agoIm a bit worried for the homeless guy, he helped solve the case but he likely blew up his cover and will have to find a new shelter.