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Brown Cancels In-Person Classes After Shooting That Killed 2, Wounded 9

Two students who previously endured school shootings describe renewed trauma.

Overview

  • Nearly all in-person classes are canceled for the remainder of the semester, according to the university's website.
  • A shelter-in-place order was issued Saturday and lifted early Sunday, school officials said.
  • An unidentified gunman opened fire on campus Saturday, leaving two people dead and nine others wounded.
  • Mia Tretta, 21, who was shot in the 2019 Saugus High School attack, sheltered in her Brown dorm and told BBC News her sense of safety was shattered, and she has advocated against gun violence since speaking at the White House in 2022.
  • Zoe Weissman, a survivor of the 2018 Parkland-area shooting, said she felt initial panic and then numbness while sheltering in her dorm, according to NBC News.