Overview
- Police say the gunman opened fire inside a first-floor classroom of the Barus & Holley engineering building during final-exam activity around 4 p.m.
- Officials confirmed two fatalities are Brown students and reported eight others in critical but stable condition, with a ninth person reporting a non-life-threatening fragment injury.
- The suspect remains at large; investigators released a brief video showing a male in dark clothing leaving the area on foot, with some reports that he may have worn a mask.
- Brown and Providence authorities ordered shelter-in-place, established a campus perimeter, and began escorting people from buildings as the FBI and state police joined the search.
- An initial claim that a suspect was in custody was retracted, no weapon has been recovered, and officials noted outer doors were unlocked for exams as security reviews proceed.