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12+ min ago (702+ words) A deadly mass shooting at Brown University on Saturday left two students dead and nine others injured, leading to a massive manhunt and a prolonged lockdown across the Ivy League campus and surrounding areas. Police said the attack unfolded inside an engineering building during final exam preparations. The attack on the campus brings the number of mass shootings in the US to 389 for this year, according to the independent analysis website Gun Violence Archive. Also Read: Brown University Shooting: Authorities Release Video of Suspect Still at Large What Happened at Brown University The shooting took place around 4 PM local time on Saturday inside a first-floor classroom of a seven-story engineering building on Brown University's campus in Providence, officials said, as per the New York Times. Students were either taking final exams or using the space to study quietly when the…...

2+ hour, 21+ min ago (984+ words) University President Christina Paxson said she was told that 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. Officers scattered across the campus and into an affluent neighborhood filled with historic and stately brick homes, searching academic buildings, backyards and porches for hours late into the night after the shooting erupted in the afternoon. The suspect was a male in dark clothing who was last seen leaving the engineering building where the attack happened, said Timothy O'Hara, deputy chief of Providence police. Video from the building showed the suspect leaving, but his face was not visible, O'Hara said. Some witnesses reported that the suspect, who could be in his 30s, may have been wearing a camouflage mask, he said. Officials release video…...

3+ hour, 39+ min ago (22+ words) Providence officials provided another update on the shooting in the city. Providence officials provided another update on the shooting in the city....

6+ hour, 36+ min ago (44+ words) President Trump spoke about the deadly mass shooting in Providence. President Donald Trump found a new way to get the internet to flip out on Saturday " by doing the ceremonial coin flip before the ... President Trump spoke about the deadly mass shooting in Providence....

6+ hour, 42+ min ago (36+ words) Providence Mayor Brett Smiley shared an update on a deadly mass shooting in the area of Brown University. Providence Mayor Brett Smiley shared an update on a deadly mass shooting in the area of Brown University....

7+ hour, 33+ min ago (105+ words) Multiple people have been shot at Brown University in Rhode Island, USA, as authorities respond to reports of an active shooter on campus." It was initially believed that a suspect had been taken into custody, but it has since been confirmed that police are still searching for suspects. President Donald Trump said the FBI was on the scene and blessed the victims." "I have been briefed on the shooting that took place at Brown University in Rhode Island," President Trump said on Truth Social. Brown University said at 10am that the situated remained ongoing and urged people on campus to shelter in place....

8+ hour, 34+ min ago (52+ words) PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) " Police responded to an active shooter situation Saturday at Brown University near an engineering building on the Providence, Rhode Island Campus, according to the school's ... Officials said a suspect is in custody. No further details were immediately available. This is a developing story with updates to follow....

8+ hour, 45+ min ago (226+ words) Police did not immediately release details about the number of victims, their conditions or the circumstances of the shooting. University officials initially told students and staff that a suspect was in custody, before later saying that was not the case and that police were still searching for a suspect or suspects, according to alerts issued through Brown's emergency notification system. The reported shooting occurred near the Barus & Holley building, a seven-story complex that houses the university's School of Engineering and physics department. According to the university's website, the building includes more than 100 laboratories, dozens of classrooms and offices. President Donald Trump said late in the afternoon that he has been briefed on the shooting. "God bless the victims and the families of the victims!" he said on his social media site. Students were urged to shelter in place as police…...

13+ hour, 34+ min ago (182+ words) Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, encouraged those on campus to seek shelter after an active shooting was reported on campus Saturday afternoon. After authorities originally said one person was in custody, they later retracted that statement, saying no suspect was in custody. Officials first reported an active shooting near the Barus and Holley Engineering building on campus at 4:22 p.m. At 5:27 p.m., authorities reported shots fired near Governor Street, which is two blocks to the east of the engineering building. Providence Police said that multiple people have been shot. Officials have not given an exact number of casualties. "Please exercise caution and avoid this area until further notice," Providence Police said. The university's student-run newspaper, the Brown Daily Herald, reported that it obtained video showing police assisting several people on the ground. President Donald Trump reacted to the shooting on his Truth…...

13+ hour, 40+ min ago (51+ words) Students in a lab near to where a shooting took place at Brown University hid under desks and turned off the lights, one student told The Associated Press as witnesses described their shock over the incident on Saturday afternoon. Witnesses describe shock after deadly shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island...