Brown University active shooter: Campus in lockdown as police search

“Lock doors, silence phones and stay hidden until further notice,” it said in an initial emergency alert.

We are very sorry to share that we have confirmed reports of two deceased victims from the active shooting situation at the Barus & Holley engineering building. There are eight additional victims in critical, but stable condition at the hospital. There remains a shelter in place…

— Brown University (@BrownUniversity) December 13, 2025

President Donald Trump said on his Truth Social platform he had been briefed on the shooting.

“The FBI is on the scene,” he said. “God bless the victims and the families of the victims!”

Law enforcement and first responders swarmed the scene, with local news station WPRI reporting clothing and blood on the sidewalk.

The prestigious university in Providence, Rhode Island, near Boston, has about 11,000 students.

The shooting is the latest in a long line of school attacks in the US, where attempts to restrict easy access to firearms face political deadlock.

– More to come

– Agence France-Presse