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Police gather outside an entrance to Brown University in Providence, R.I., during the investigation of a shooting on Saturday afternoon that left at least two people dead.
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Two people have been killed, eight are in critical but stable condition and one suffered a non-life-threatening injury after a shooting at Brown University in Providence, R.I., on Saturday afternoon, officials said. The suspect remains at large. Authorities are searching for a suspect described as “a male dressed in black,” Deputy Police Chief Timothy O’Hara said during an evening press conference. A shelter-in-place order remains active for the university and surrounding areas.
The shooting took place around 4 p.m. ET outside the Barus and Holley building, which houses the School of Engineering and Physics Department. Brown University Provost Francis Doyle said final exams were taking place in the building at the time of the shooting.
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The suspect fled by foot, exiting the doors on the Hope Street side of the building, O’Hara said, but that it’s unclear how he entered. Police also released a short video of the suspected shooter leaving the building where the shooting took place, which, the mayor said, does not show his face.
Police are not aware of any sightings of the suspect since then, he added.
The two deceased victims died at the scene, said the city’s fire department Chief Derek Silva. An additional eight wounded victims are being treated at Rhode Island Hospital, about two miles away from the university campus. Providence Mayor Brett Smiley announced at a Saturday evening press conference that one more person injured in the shooting was identified. The ninth injured person left the scene and did not suffer a gunshot wound directly but was injured by a “fragment,” the mayor said, adding that their injury is “non-life threatening.” It is unclear if the ninth victim is hospitalized.
Brown University President Christina Paxson confirmed at a press briefing late Saturday night that at least 10 of the 11 people shot were students. President Trump said Saturday night that he’d been briefed on the shooting.
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