Overview
- Authorities say a gunman opened fire shortly after 4 p.m. on Dec. 13 during final exams at Brown’s Providence campus, killing two people and wounding nine.
- The shooter remains unidentified and was described by officials as dressed in black, with the investigation ongoing and no arrest announced.
- According to the Providence mayor, investigators detained a person of interest and later released that individual due to insufficient evidence.
- Jacob Spears, 18, an Evans High School graduate and Brown freshman studying computer science with a minor in economics, was shot in the stomach during an economics exam and is recovering in the hospital.
- A GoFundMe organized by Taryn Gibbons for Spears drew 832 donors and $34,346 toward a $50,000 goal as of Tuesday afternoon, and Brown canceled remaining finals and moved to an early winter break.