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 and eight are in critical but stable condition 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.
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 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. The additional eight wounded victims are being treated at Rhode Island Hospital, about two miles away from the university campus.
“Those are the only injuries or casualties that we know at this time,” he said, adding that the number of victims may change.
President Trump said Saturday night that he’d been briefed on the shooting.
