Authorities have yet to disclose any information regarding the conditions of the victims or the specific circumstances surrounding the shooting incident.
Initially, university officials informed students and staff that a suspect had been apprehended. However, they later corrected this, stating that law enforcement was still on the lookout for one or more suspects, according to alerts from Brown University’s emergency notification system.
A police officer advised journalists at the scene to seek shelter in their vehicles as the area remained an active crime scene.
Numerous officers equipped with assault rifles, along with emergency response vehicles, were positioned throughout the streets near the engineering school.
Kristy DosReis, the city’s chief public information officer, mentioned that officials were still in the process of collecting details about the situation.
Expressing sympathy, one individual took to social media to say, “God bless the victims and the families of the victims!”
The Ivy League school is a private, non-profit institution with about 7300 undergraduates and just over 3000 graduate students, according to its website.
Saturday was the second day of final exams for the fall semester.
