Brown University shooting latest: 2 dead and 8 wounded as suspect remains at large

Brown University issued the following statement on Saturday night:

“The Brown campus continues to be in lockdown, and it is imperative that all members of our community remain sheltered in place. This means keeping all doors locked and ensuring no movement across campus. The law enforcement response remains ongoing. Safety is the utmost and essential priority.”

The Roger Williams Park Zoo in Rhode Island announced that it was closing it’s holiday lights exhibit for the remainder of the evening as the Brown University mass shooting suspect remains at large.

The shooter has been on the loose for more than four hours as of this post.

“We are heartbroken for the victims, their families, and all those impacted,” Senator Jack Reed said in a statement on Saturday night.

He described the Brown University mass shooting as a “horrific, active, and unfolding tragedy.”

““Every lead is being followed, every bit of video evidence reviewed, and the manhunt will relentlessly continue,” Reed said. “Whoever did this must be captured and our efforts will not cease until justice is served.”

Incoming New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani issued the following post on X on Saturday night:

“Two people were killed this evening at Brown University by a gunman who remains at large. Eight others are injured, fighting for their lives in a nearby hospital,” he wrote. “This senseless violence—once considered unfathomable—has become nauseatingly normal to all of us across our nation.”

Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse on the Brown University mass shooting:

“Praying for the victims and their families. My heart breaks for the students who were looking forward to a holiday break and instead are dealing with another horrifying mass shooting, this time in our own Providence community,” he wrote.

“Praying for all those affected and thinking of the people of Providence & the Brown community as we follow this dreadful news. We must never accept that such violence happens at all, let alone routinely, in our country,” he wrote.

The U.S. Secret Service is providing assistance to the ongoing mass shooting response and manhunt near Brown University in Providence.

USSS Director Sean Curran confirmed on X that his personnel have been instructed to join the efforts.

“We are saddened to learn of the senseless act of violence at Brown University. I’ve instructed our Secret Service personnel in Providence to provide any and all support needed,” Curran said on X.

Both the FBI and the ATF are already on-scene in Providence.

There is a heavy police presence outside the Amica Mutual Pavilion venue in Providence tonight, where a Goose rock concert is occurring this evening.

The suspect in the Brown University shooting is still on the loose. Police are hunting the suspect and appear to be securing the area near the concert out of an abundance of caution.

A shelter-in-place order is still in effect for the region. Some local venues, including bars and nightclubs, are closing early as a result, according to NBC 10 WJAR.