A gunman killed two students and seriously wounded at least nine other people Dec. 13 in a mass shooting at Brown University’s campus in Providence, Rhode Island, according to the city’s mayor.
The shooting at the Ivy League University happened shortly before 4:05 p.m. in an engineering building with unlocked doors as final exams were underway. “Based on what we heard from officials at Brown, anybody could have accessed the building at that time,” Mayor Brett Smiley said.
“Sadly, today is a day that the city of Providence and the state of Rhode Island prayed would never come,” Smiley said. “We’ve heard about horrific acts of gun violence and active shooter situations in other places, but not here.”
The gunman remained at large late Saturday night. Police said the campus and parts of the surrounding area remained on lockdown as of 11:45 p.m. ET, more than seven hours later.
Brown University President Christina Paxson said the two people who died are students, as are at least eight of the nine injured. Paxson said authorities have been in touch with the families of the deceased students and that she would be talking to them soon.
Rhode Island Gov. Daniel McKee pledged in a late-evening press conference that the gunman would be captured.
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