Police search Brown University after shooter kills 2 and wounds 9 on campus

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A shooter dressed successful achromatic killed astatine slightest 2 radical and wounded 9 others astatine Brown University connected Saturday during last exams connected the Ivy League campus, authorities said, and constabulary were searching for the suspect.

University President Christina Paxson said she was told that 10 radical who were changeable were students. Another idiosyncratic was injured by fragments from the shooting, but it was not wide if that unfortunate was a student, she said.

Officers scattered crossed the field and into an affluent vicinity filled with historical and stately ceramic homes, searching world buildings, backyards and porches precocious into the nighttime aft the shooting erupted successful the afternoon.

The fishy was a antheral successful acheronian covering who was past seen leaving the engineering gathering wherever the onslaught happened, said Timothy O'Hara, lawman main of Providence police.

Security footage showed the fishy walking distant from the building, but his look was not visible. Some witnesses reported that the man, who could beryllium successful his 30s, whitethorn person been wearing a camouflage mask, O'Hara said.

Investigators were not yet definite however the shooter got wrong the first-floor schoolroom wherever helium opened fire. Outer doors of the gathering were unlocked, but rooms being utilized for last exams required badge access, Providence's politician said.

Authorities judge the shooter utilized a handgun, according to a instrumentality enforcement authoritative who was not authorized to sermon an ongoing probe and spoke connected information of anonymity.

"The unthinkable has happened," said Democratic Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee, who vowed that each resources were being deployed to drawback the suspect.

Mayor Brett Smiley said a shelter-in-place remained successful effect and encouraged radical surviving adjacent the field to enactment wrong oregon not instrumentality location until it is lifted. Streets that usually bustle with enactment connected weekends were eerily quiet.

"The Brown community's bosom is breaking, and Providence's bosom is breaking on with it," Smiley said.

Emma Ferraro, a chemic engineering student, was successful the building's lobby moving connected a last task erstwhile she heard large pops coming from the eastbound side. Once she realized they were gunshots, she darted for the doorway and ran to a adjacent gathering wherever she sheltered for respective hours.

Nine radical with gunshot wounds were taken to Rhode Island Hospital, wherever 1 was successful captious condition, said Kelly Brennan, a spokesperson for the hospital. Six required intensive attraction but were not getting worse, and 2 were stable, she said.

University officials initially told students and unit that a fishy was successful custody, but aboriginal said that was not the case. The politician said a idiosyncratic preliminarily thought to beryllium progressive was detained but was aboriginal determined to person nary involvement.

Nearly 5 hours aft the shooting, officers successful tactical cogwheel led students retired of immoderate field buildings and into a fittingness center.

The shooting occurred successful the Barus & Holley building, a seven-story analyzable that houses the School of Engineering and physics department. According to the university's website, the gathering includes much than 100 laboratories, dozens of classrooms and offices.

Engineering plan exams were underway determination erstwhile the shooting occurred.

Eva Erickson, a doctoral campaigner who was a finalist earlier this twelvemonth connected the CBS world contention amusement "Survivor," said she near her laboratory successful the engineering gathering 15 minutes earlier shots rang out.

The engineering and thermal subject pupil shared candid moments connected "Survivor" arsenic the show's archetypal openly autistic contestant. She was locked down successful the field gym pursuing the shooting and shared connected societal media that the lone different subordinate of her laboratory who was contiguous was safely evacuated.

Biochemistry pupil Alex Bruce was moving connected a last probe task successful his dorm straight crossed the thoroughfare from the gathering erstwhile helium heard sirens and received a substance astir an progressive shooter soon aft 4 p.m.

"I'm conscionable successful present shaking," helium said, watching done the model arsenic a half-dozen equipped officers successful tactical cogwheel surrounded his dorm.

Students successful a adjacent laboratory hid nether desks and turned disconnected the lights aft receiving an alert astir the shooting, said Chiangheng Chien, a doctoral pupil successful engineering who was astir a artifact distant from the scene.

Mari Camara, a inferior from New York City, was coming retired of the room and rushed wrong a taqueria to question shelter. She spent much than 3 hours there, texting friends portion constabulary searched the campus.

"Everyone is the aforesaid arsenic me, shocked and terrified that thing similar this happened," she said.

Brown, the seventh oldest higher acquisition instauration successful the U.S., is 1 of the nation's astir prestigious colleges, with astir 7,300 undergraduates and much than 3,000 postgraduate students. Tuition, lodging and different fees tally to astir $100,000 per year, according to the university.

President Donald Trump told reporters that helium had been briefed and "all we tin bash close present is commune for the victims."

Rhode Island has immoderate of the strictest weapon laws successful the U.S. Last outpouring the Democratic-controlled Legislature passed an battle limb prohibition that volition prohibit the merchantability and manufacturing of definite high-powered firearms, but not their possession, starting adjacent July.