{"id":70068,"date":"2025-12-13T23:43:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T23:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/70068\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T23:43:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T23:43:09","slug":"two-killed-8-injured-in-active-shooter-incident-at-brown-university-campus-on-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/70068\/","title":{"rendered":"Two killed, 8 injured in active shooter incident at Brown University, campus on lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

An alleged gunman remains on the loose after killing at least two people and critically injuring another eight on the campus<\/a> of Brown University, police said.<\/p>\n

The Rhode Island Ivy League school sent out a\u00a0first\u00a0alert to students on campus shortly after 4:20 p.m. of an active shooter near the Barus & Holley Engineering school building.<\/p>\n

At least two people have been killed, a law enforcement source confirmed.<\/p>\n

Police are responding to a report of an active shooter on the campus of Brown University, according to a report. FOX<\/p>\n

Providence police confirmed multiple people have been shot.<\/p>\n

\u201cMultiple shot in the area of Brown University. This is an active investigation. Please shelter in place or avoid the area until further notice,\u201d the PD\u00a0said on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Unconfirmed reports of up to 20 casualties, according to police scanner audio shared on social media.<\/p>\n

The unversity sent out a second emergency alert just before 5 p.m. claiming a suspect has been arrrested before retracting that statement minutes later.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cOne suspect in custody. Lock doors, silence phones and stay hidden until further notice,\u201d the university wrote.<\/p>\n

Unconfirmed reports of up to 20 casualties, according to police scanner audio shared on social media. FOX<\/p>\n

\u201cContinue to shelter in place. Remain away from Barus & Holley area. Police do not have a suspect in custody and continue to search for suspect(s),\u201d the retraction added.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was honestly quite terrifying,\u201d student\u00a0Katie Sun, who was studying in the\u00a0Engineering Research Center lobby when she heard gunshots around\u00a04:10pm,\u00a0told the\u00a0\u00a0The Brown Daily Herald<\/a>, the school\u2019s newspaper. \u201cThe shots seemed like they were coming from \u2026 where the classrooms are.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Rhode Island Ivy League school sent out a\u00a0first\u00a0alert to students on campus shortly after 4:20 p.m. of an active shooter near the Barus & Holley Engineering school building. Anadolu via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Saturday was the second day of final exams for the fall semester.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Several buildings across campus have been put on lockdown.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sun said she evacuated the building, leaving behind her belongings, and ran to her dorm.<\/p>\n

Emergency personnel gather at Hope and Waterman Streets at Brown University in Providence, R.I., Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, during reports of a shooting. AP<\/p>\n

Video footage obtained by the student paper showed police officers assisting several victims on the ground near the Sciences Library.<\/p>\n

Just before 5:30 p.m. the school issued another alert of more shots fired near Governor Street, three blocks from the engineering building, and ordered students to continue to shelter in place.<\/p>\n

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Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee said his office is actively monitoring the shooting and working with law enforcement.<\/p>\n

\u201cPraying for our community,\u201d\u00a0he wrote on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Brown is coordinating with multiple law enforcement agencies on site and emergency medical services are on scene, according to the university.\u00a0<\/p>\n

School officials and Providence police, who are also\u00a0on scene, did not immediately return The Post\u2019s calls for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An alleged gunman remains on the loose after killing at least two people and critically injuring another eight…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70069,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[36116,1692,9,11,10,5993,58],"class_list":{"0":"post-70068","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-brown-university","9":"tag-colleges-and-universities","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-headlines","12":"tag-new-york-news","13":"tag-shooter","14":"tag-us-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}