{"id":190893,"date":"2025-12-14T05:37:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T05:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/190893\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T05:37:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T05:37:07","slug":"multiple-people-shot-at-us-university-say-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/190893\/","title":{"rendered":"Multiple people shot at US university, say police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Multiple people have been shot at a US university, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island issued an active shooter alert and urged students and staff to take shelter during the second day of final exams on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Police did not immediately release details about the number of victims, their conditions or the circumstances of the shooting.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"427\" width=\"640\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/img.resized.co\/breaking-news\/eyJkYXRhIjoie1widXJsXCI6XCJodHRwczpcXFwvXFxcL2NvbnRlbnQuYXNzZXRzLnByZXNzYXNzb2NpYXRpb24uaW9cXFwvQVBcXFwvMjAxOFxcXC8wNFxcXC8yNVxcXC9lYWQ4MTY1YTM0NmU0YzE2OGY2MzVhMTg0ODNjZjRmYy5qcGc_dz02NDBcIixcIndpZHRoXCI6XCI2NDBcIixcImhlaWdodFwiOlwiNDI3XCIsXCJkZWZhdWx0XCI6XCJodHRwczpcXFwvXFxcL3d3dy5icmVha2luZ25ld3MuaWVcXFwvaVxcXC9ibi1ub2ltYWdlLnBuZ1wiLFwib3B0aW9uc1wiOntcIm91dHB1dFwiOlwiYXZpZlwiLFwicXVhbGl0eVwiOlwiNTVcIn19IiwiaGFzaCI6IjBjNTZhNzBmYmQ1MmM1YjQwN2YyN2I5MjQyMTFiOTc1ZDU2NjViYmYifQ==\/multiple-people-shot-at-us-university-say-police.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"Brown University\" data-title=\"Brown University\" data-copyright-holder=\"AP\" data-copyright-notice=\"Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.\" data-credit=\"Steven Senne\" data-usage-terms=\"This content is intended for editorial use only. For other uses, additional clearances may be required.\"\/>The logo for Brown University is displayed at the school\u2019s campus (Steven Senne\/AP)\n<\/p>\n<p>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 the university\u2019s emergency notification system.<\/p>\n<p>The reported shooting occurred near the Barus &amp; Holley building, a seven-storey complex that houses the university\u2019s school of engineering and physics department.<\/p>\n<p>According to the university\u2019s website, the building includes more than 100 laboratories, dozens of classrooms and offices.<\/p>\n<p>US President Donald Trump said late in the afternoon that he has been briefed on the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGod bless the victims and the families of the victims!\u201d he said on his social media site.<\/p>\n<p>Students were urged to shelter in place as police responded to the scene, and people were told to avoid the area.<\/p>\n<p>Officials cautioned that information remained preliminary as investigators worked to determine what had occurred.<\/p>\n<p>Police were actively investigating and still gathering information from the scene, said Kristy DosReis, the chief public information officer for the city of Providence.<\/p>\n<p>Brown is a private institution with roughly 7,300 undergraduate students and more than 3,000 graduate students.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday was the second day of final exams for the autumn semester.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Multiple people have been shot at a US university, police said. 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