Administration of Donald J. Trump, 2025

Remarks on the Shooting at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island

December 13, 2025

So I've been fully briefed on the Brown University situation. What a terrible thing it is. And all we can do right now is pray for the victims and for those that were very badly hurt, it looks like. And we'll inform you later as to what's happening. But it's a shame. It's a shame. Just pray.

Thank you very much.

[At this point, several reporters began asking questions at once.]

NOTE: The President spoke at 6:27 p.m. on the South Lawn at the White House after exiting Marine One upon arrival from Baltimore, MD. In his remarks, he referred to Ella Cook and Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, students at Brown University who were killed in the shooting. The transcript was released by the Office of Communications on December 14.

Categories: Addresses and Remarks : Rhode Island, shooting at Brown University in Providence. Locations: Providence, RI.

Names: Cook, Ella; Umurzokov, Mukhammad Aziz.

Subjects: Rhode Island, shooting at Brown University in Providence.

DCPD Number: DCPD202501192.