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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP\/Boston 25) \u2014 Police in Rhode Island said early Sunday that they had a suspect in custody<\/a> after a shooting that rocked the Brown University campus during final exams, leaving two people dead and nine others wounded.<\/a><\/p>\n

Col. Oscar Perez, chief of the Providence police, confirmed at a news conference that the detained suspect was in their 30s. Perez did not say where the suspect was arrested or whether the suspect was connected to the university.<\/p>\n

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Police: \u2018Person of interest\u2019 in Brown University shooting in custody, shelter in place lifted <\/p>\n

The shooting erupted in the engineering building of the Ivy League school in Providence, Rhode Island, during final exams. Hundreds of police officers had scoured the Brown University campus along with nearby neighborhoods and pored over video in pursuit of a shooter who opened fire in a classroom.<\/p>\n

Providence leaders lifted the campus lockdown and warned that residents will notice a heavier police presence on Sunday. <\/p>\n

\u201cProvidence police have advised the University that the shelter-in-place order has ended for the entire Brown campus. However, police activity continues in areas that are still considered an active crime scene,\u201d Brown said in a university alert. \u201cBe advised that access to these areas of campus continues to be limited. Within the police perimeter, including Minden Hall and nearby apartment buildings, community members who leave those buildings will be unable to return. It is important to follow instructions from law enforcement at all times.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many local businesses announced they would remain closed and expressed shock and heartbreak as the community continued to process the news of the shooting.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody\u2019s reeling, and we have a lot of recovery ahead of us,\u201d said Brown University President Christina Paxson said at the news conference.<\/p>\n

Surveillance video released by police showed the suspect, dressed in black, calmly walking away from the scene. His face was not visible and investigators said it wasn\u2019t clear whether the suspect is a student.<\/p>\n

The suspect was last seen leaving the engineering building and some witnesses told police the suspect may have been wearing a camouflage mask, Providence Police Deputy Chief Timothy O\u2019Hara said.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Paxson said she was told 10 people who were shot were students. Another person was injured by fragments from the shooting but it was not clear if the victim was a student, she said.<\/p>\n

The search for the shooter paralyzed the campus, the nearby neighborhoods filled with stately brick homes and the downtown in Rhode Island\u2019s capital city. Streets normally bustling with activity on weekends were eerily quiet.<\/p>\n

Students sheltered in place for hours into the night. Officers in tactical gear led students out of some campus buildings and into a fitness center where they waited. Others arrived at the shelter on buses without jackets or any belongings.<\/p>\n

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Investigators were not immediately sure how the shooter got inside the first-floor classroom. Outer doors of the building were unlocked but rooms being used for final exams required badge access, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley said.<\/p>\n

He encouraged people living near the campus to stay inside or not return home until a shelter-in-place order was lifted.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Brown community\u2019s heart is breaking and Providence\u2019s heart is breaking along with it,\u201d Smiley said.<\/p>\n

Hours before the press conference, authorities said they believed the shooter used a handgun, according to a law enforcement official who was not authorized to discuss an ongoing investigation and spoke on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n

Rhode Island has some of the strictest gun laws in the U.S.<\/p>\n

Nine people with gunshot wounds were taken to Rhode Island Hospital, where one was in critical condition. Six required intensive care but were not getting worse and two were stable, hospital spokesperson Kelly Brennan said.<\/p>\n

Exams were underway during shooting<\/p>\n

Engineering design exams were underway when the shooting occurred in the Barus & Holley building, a seven-story complex that houses the School of Engineering and physics department. The building includes more than 100 laboratories, dozens of classrooms and offices, according to the university\u2019s website.<\/p>\n

Emma Ferraro, a chemical engineering student, was in the building\u2019s lobby working on a final project when she heard loud pops coming from the east side. Once she realized they were gunshots, she darted for the door and ran to a nearby building where she sheltered for several hours.<\/p>\n

Former \u2018Survivor\u2019 contestant just left the building<\/p>\n

Eva Erickson, a doctoral candidate who was the runner-up earlier this year on the CBS reality competition show \u201cSurvivor,\u201d said she left her lab in the engineering building 15 minutes before shots rang out.<\/p>\n

The engineering and thermal science student shared candid moments on \u201cSurvivor\u201d as the show\u2019s first openly autistic contestant. She was locked down in the campus gym following the shooting and shared on social media that the only other member of her lab who was present was safely evacuated.<\/p>\n

Brown senior biochemistry student Alex Bruce was working on a final research project in his dorm directly across the street from the building when he heard sirens outside.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just in here shaking,\u201d he said, watching through the window as armed officers surrounded his dorm.<\/p>\n

Students hid under desks<\/p>\n

Students in a nearby lab turned off the lights and hid under desks after receiving an alert about the shooting, said Chiangheng Chien, a doctoral student in engineering who was about a block away from the scene.<\/p>\n

Mari Camara, 20, a junior from New York City, was coming out of the library and rushed inside a taqueria to seek shelter. She spent more than three hours there, texting friends while police searched the campus.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone is the same as me, shocked and terrified that something like this happened,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Brown, the seventh oldest higher education institution in the U.S., is one of the nation\u2019s most prestigious colleges with roughly 7,300 undergraduates and more than 3,000 graduate students. Tuition, housing and other fees run to nearly $100,000 per year, according to the university.<\/p>\n

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