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9+ min ago (595+ words) Shortly after taking office in 2023, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley attended a US Conference of Mayors discussion on how cities respond to mass casualty events. The conversation left him unsettled. Sitting beside his chief of staff, Emily Crowell, Smiley turned to her and said Providence was not ready for a mass shooting. There was no indication that anything was imminent, but he ordered city leaders, public safety officials, and school administrators to begin preparing, anyway. "He said, "It's not a matter of if, it's when," Crowell recalled Sunday. That is a sentence no mayor should ever have to utter, let alone plan around. But it proved uncomfortably prescient shortly after 4 p.m. Saturday, when a gunman opened fire inside Brown University's Barus and Holley engineering and physics building, killing two students and wounding at least eight others. Providence is a mid-sized city of…...

4+ hour, 11+ min ago (79+ words) Fox News Channel offers its audiences in-depth news reporting, along with opinion and analysis encompassing the principles of free people, free markets and diversity of thought, as an alternative to the left-of-center offerings of the news marketplace. Providence mayor provides update on deadly shooting at Brown University Providence Mayor Brett Smiley tells reporters that a person of interest is in custody following a shooting at Brown University that killed two people and injured nine. (Credit: WFXT)...

4+ hour, 38+ min ago (361+ words) By Lauren Mascarenhas, Chris Boyette and CNN Staff A person of interest is in custody in connection with yesterday's shooting at Brown University, officials said this morning. The shooting, which happened during a final exam review session at the private Ivy League university, left two students dead and nine others injured. Providence Police Chief Col. Oscar Perez would not confirm whether the person of interest is affiliated with the university in any way. A law enforcement source says the person of interest was detained at a hotel in Coventry, Rhode Island. A CNN crew saw a large police presence gather at the hotel before officers moved in on a room, banging on the door and calling for the person to come out. Coventry is a town outside Providence, where the university is located. The community can "breathe a little easier…...

10+ hour, 55+ min ago (702+ words) A deadly mass shooting at Brown University on Saturday left two students dead and nine others injured, leading to a massive manhunt and a prolonged lockdown across the Ivy League campus and surrounding areas. Police said the attack unfolded inside an engineering building during final exam preparations. The attack on the campus brings the number of mass shootings in the US to 389 for this year, according to the independent analysis website Gun Violence Archive. Also Read: Brown University Shooting: Authorities Release Video of Suspect Still at Large What Happened at Brown University The shooting took place around 4 PM local time on Saturday inside a first-floor classroom of a seven-story engineering building on Brown University's campus in Providence, officials said, as per the New York Times. Students were either taking final exams or using the space to study quietly when the…...

11+ hour, 23+ min ago (251+ words) Your monthly donation keeps PBS News strong President Donald Trump commented Sunday on the deadly shootings in Australia, Syria and Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Watch Trump's remarks in the video player above. As he arrived at the White House's Christmas reception, Trump paid tribute to those killed and injured in the three attacks. He first offered his condolences to the families of the two people killed in the Brown University shooting, before going on to honor those who died in Australia and Syria. LIVE UPDATES: Deadly shooting at Brown University "To the nine injured, get well fast, and to the families of those two that are no longer with us, I pay my deepest regards and respects," Trump said in reference to the Brown University shooting. A person of interest was in custody Sunday after the shooting during…...

11+ hour, 41+ min ago (48+ words) Providence Mayor Brett Smiley, University President Christina Paxson and Police Chief Col. Oscar Perez gave an update on the deadly shooting at Brown University. Providence Mayor Brett Smiley, University President Christina Paxson and Police Chief Col. Oscar Perez gave an update on the deadly shooting at Brown University....

11+ hour, 42+ min ago (200+ words) Providence Mayor Brett Smiley joins ABC News Live to share an update on the deadly mass shooting at Brown University. Providence mayor says it's critical 'to bring some justice to all those involved' Providence Mayor Brett Smiley joins ABC News Live to share an update on the deadly mass shooting at Brown University. Bitter Cold for the East; More Rain, Flood Threat for the Northwest Tip from public led police to detain person of interest in Brown shooting: Police The investigation into the Brown University mass shooting 8 victims still being treated at Rhode Island hospital after deadly Brown shooting Brown University student details experience in campus shooting 11 people killed in mass shooting at Hanukkah event on Australia's Bondi Beach Trump vows retaliation after deadly strike in Syria on US service members, civilians Person of interest in custody following Brown University…...

12+ hour, 3+ min ago (410+ words) CNN witnessed at least 20 police officers, US marshals, and FBI agents inside a hotel near the Providence airport early Sunday morning, Dec. 14, 2025 in Providence, Rhode Island. Police vehicles rest in intersections in a neighborhood near Brown University, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, in Providence, R.I., following a shooting at the university Saturday, Dec. 13. A person of interest is in custody in connection with yesterday's shooting at Brown University, officials said this morning. The shooting, which happened during a final exam review session at the private Ivy League university, left two students dead and nine others injured. Providence Police Chief Col. Oscar Perez would not confirm whether the person of interest is affiliated with the university in any way. A law enforcement source says the person of interest was detained at a hotel in Coventry, Rhode Island. A CNN crew saw a large police presence…...

13+ hour, 4+ min ago (984+ words) University President Christina Paxson said she was told that 10 people who were shot were students. Another person was injured by fragments from the shooting, but it was not clear if the victim was a student, she said. Officers scattered across the campus and into an affluent neighborhood filled with historic and stately brick homes, searching academic buildings, backyards and porches for hours late into the night after the shooting erupted in the afternoon. The suspect was a male in dark clothing who was last seen leaving the engineering building where the attack happened, said Timothy O'Hara, deputy chief of Providence police. Video from the building showed the suspect leaving, but his face was not visible, O'Hara said. Some witnesses reported that the suspect, who could be in his 30s, may have been wearing a camouflage mask, he said. Officials release video…...

14+ hour, 8+ min ago (563+ words) Multiple people were shot Saturday in the area of Brown University, police said, as the school issued an active shooter alert and urged students and staff to take shelter during the second day of final exams. At least 2 killed and 8 hurt in shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island R&B icons bring timeless hits to packed Miami concert Former foster youth gives back to teens through holiday gift drive Charging e-bike suspected in destructive Miami house fire Thousands of toys, thousands of smiles at Mana Wynwood holiday giveaway Officers were hunting through buildings on the Ivy League campus more than two hours after the shooting erupted on the second day of final exams. The suspect was a male who was dressed in black and last seen leaving the building, said Timothy O'Hara, Deputy Chief of Police. Mayor Brett Smiley…...