A gunman opened fire at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island last night, killing two people and wounding nine. At the time of this writing, the shooter is still at large.
The Associated Press reports:
Fear grips Brown University after shooter kills 2 and wounds 9 as police search for shooterHundreds of police officers were scouring the Brown University campus along with nearby neighborhoods and poring over video in the hunt for a shooter who opened fire in a classroom, killing two people and wounding nine others.The search stretched late into the night, well after the shooting erupted Saturday afternoon in the engineering building of the Ivy League school in Providence, Rhode Island, during final exams.Surveillance video released by police shows the suspect, dressed in black, calmly walking away from the scene. His face is not visible and investigators said it wasn’t clear whether the suspect is a student.The suspect was last seen leaving the engineering building and some witnesses told police the suspect, who could be in his 30s, may have been wearing a camouflage mask, Providence Police Deputy Chief Timothy O’Hara said.University President Christina Paxson said she was told 10 people who were shot were students. Another person was injured by fragments from the shooting but it was not clear if the victim was a student, she said.
It was a scary scene for many students:
This video report is from ABC News:
This did not inspire confidence:
This is allegedly footage of the shooter:
The FBI was at the scene pretty quickly. The New York Post reported:
FBI on scene of Brown University mass shootingThe FBI has been deployed to assist with the investigation into the attack at Brown University, President Trump said in a post to Truth Social.“I have been briefed on the shooting that took place at Brown University in Rhode Island. The FBI is on the scene. The suspect is in custody. God bless the victims and the families of the victims!”Authorities later walked back claims the suspect was in custody.A manhunt is ongoing.
This is still a developing story.
(by WAJ)
A “person of interest” reportedly is in custody and the shelter in place order has been lifted, per news reports:
A person of interest has been detained in connection with the Brown University shooting, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley said at a news conference this morning.Col. Oscar Perez, the chief of police in Providence, said the person was taken into custody early Sunday morning and that officials were not currently looking for anyone else. That person has not been officially charged at this point.Perez confirmed that the detained suspect was in their 30s. He did not say where the suspect was arrested or whether the suspect was connected to the university.Smiley added that the seven individuals who were injured at Brown remain in stable condition, while one of them is in critical but stable condition, and another has been discharged.
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