Students who survived a December shooting at Brown University filed lawsuits alleging negligent security and premises liability. The complaints argue that campus building access and surveillance controls were insufficient for exam-preparation access to the Barus and Holley buildings and Tanner Auditorium. The plaintiffs say former student Cláudio Manuel Neves Valente was able to enter an auditorium and open fire with a semiautomatic weapon during exam preparation. They also allege Brown disregarded warnings raised by a custodian, Derek Lisi, who reported suspicious activity—Valente allegedly casing the building and auditoriums multiple times before the incident. Brown’s campus is described in the filings as physically integrated into Providence’s surrounding East Side neighborhood rather than a closed campus, which plaintiffs say contributed to easy access without individualized authorization for ingress. For universities, the lawsuits add pressure on how institutions document and operationalize threat reporting, access-control decisions, and surveillance coverage—especially for academic buildings used by both campus and community members.