Two individuals had been killed and 9 others wounded after a shooter opened hearth at Brown College on Saturday afternoon in a constructing on campus the place exams had been going down, in accordance with Windfall, Rhode Island, Mayor Brett Smiley and college officers.
A large manhunt was underway for the gunman, described as carrying darkish clothes. Hours after the capturing, individuals dwelling on and close to the Ivy League campus remained on lockdown and had been urged to remain inside with their doorways locked.
Following a information convention late Saturday evening, officers launched a video displaying a “individual of curiosity” leaving the Barus & Holley engineering and physics constructing after the capturing and urged anybody with data to share it with authorities.
“The unthinkable has occurred,” a somber Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee advised reporters at an earlier information convention, pledging assist for native authorities and the households of the victims.
He later advised reporters he had spoken to President Donald Trump and FBI Director Kash Patel.
Windfall Mayor Brett Smiley and Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee communicate throughout a press convention after a capturing on the campus of Brown College left two lifeless and not less than 8 injured on December 13, 2025 in Windfall, Rhode Island. Police stay on the scene and the campus is on lockdown as they proceed to search for the suspect.
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“We’ll make it possible for we catch the person that introduced a lot struggling to so many individuals,” McKee mentioned.
What we all know in regards to the capturing
Emergency personnel collect on Waterman Avenue at Brown College in Windfall, R.I., Dec. 13, 2025.
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The tragedy started unfolding round 4:05 p.m. when police acquired a name from Brown College about an energetic shooter incident close to the engineering constructing. The college alerted college students and school to shelter in place shortly after.
“There’s an energetic shooter close to Barus & Holley Engineering. Lock doorways, silence telephones and keep hidden till additional discover,” the discover mentioned.
Regulation enforcement officers stroll close to an entrance to Brown College in Windfall, R.I., on Dec. 13, 2025, through the investigation of a capturing.
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The college mentioned a number of exams had been scheduled within the engineering constructing from 2 p.m. to five p.m.
In the course of the information convention late Saturday evening, Windfall Police Division Deputy Chief Timothy O’Hara mentioned the capturing occurred inside a first-floor classroom, however officers couldn’t say whether or not the victims had been attending an examination.
Emergency personnel collect on Waterman Avenue at Brown College in Windfall, R.I., on Dec. 13, 2025, through the investigation of a capturing.
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An official briefed on the investigation earlier advised ABC Information that preliminary data signifies that the capturing occurred in a classroom the place a examine group was going down.
Video of individual of curiosity
Authorities have released video of a “individual of curiosity” leaving the scene of the capturing on the engineering constructing.
A nonetheless from a video launched by police in Windfall, Rhode Island, displaying an individual of curiosity within the capturing at Brown College on Dec. 12, 2025.
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Within the video, the individual is seen exiting the engineering constructing, carrying darkish clothes, authorities mentioned. His face is just not seen.
The suspected shooter was additionally seen by eyewitnesses escaping on foot after via the Hope Avenue exit, police mentioned. A number of the witnesses have advised police that the suspect could have been carrying a camouflage masks, however the official mentioned that hasn’t been confirmed.
Police mentioned it was unknown how the suspect entered the constructing, however the doorways had been unlocked as a result of exams had been going down.
Police haven’t supplied any details about the firearm that was used within the capturing, and mentioned the weapon was not instantly recovered.
The FBI has launched an internet site for individuals to share ideas, together with pictures and movies at FBI.gov/BrownUniversityShooting.
‘Deeply tragic day for Brown’
The 9 wounded victims had been being handled at Rhode Island Hospital.
Of these wounded, one individual was in important situation; six individuals had been in important however steady situation; and two individuals had been in steady situation, in accordance with the hospital.
Initially, officers mentioned eight individuals had been wounded within the assault, however mentioned at a information convention later Saturday evening {that a} ninth individual wounded within the capturing didn’t endure a gunshot wound however was struck by fragments and went to the hospital later.
Law enforcement officials and first responders collect at Waterman St. and Thayer in response to a capturing, in Windfall, R.I., throughout studies of a capturing, on Dec. 13, 2025.
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Talking at a information convention on Saturday evening, Brown College President Christina H. Paxson mentioned she was advised the preliminary victims had been all college students of the college, however mentioned she wasn’t certain if the ninth one that was wounded is a pupil.
In an earlier letter to the college neighborhood, Paxson known as the victims “neighborhood members.”
Regulation enforcement officers carry rifles on a road in a neighborhood close to Brown College in Windfall, R.I., Dec. 13, 2025.
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“It is a deeply tragic day for Brown, our households and our local people,” she wrote within the letter. “There are actually no phrases that may specific the deep sorrow we’re feeling for the victims of the capturing that happened at the moment on the Barus & Holley engineering and physics constructing.”
Campus stays on lockdown
Hours after the capturing, the campus space remained on lockdown and college students had been advised to maintain doorways locked and never transfer across the campus.
Over 400 officers had been within the space, both aiding with the investigation or guaranteeing the security of the neighborhood, the mayor mentioned.
Authorities additionally established a perimeter round a part of the campus space. College students in dorms and residential housing inside that space ought to proceed to shelter in place, the college mentioned. Others, sheltering in administrative buildings on the time of the capturing, can be escorted out of the perimeter space by regulation enforcement, the college mentioned.
“We all know our neighborhood desires solutions, and we’ll present them as quickly as we are able to,” the college president mentioned within the earlier letter. “For now, please know we’re doing all we are able to to maintain our neighborhood secure and have mobilized assist for the scholars and their households.”
Emergency personnel collect on Waterman Avenue at Brown College in Windfall, R.I., on Dec. 13, 2025, through the investigation of a capturing.
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She ended her letter, writing: “It is a day that we hoped by no means would come to our neighborhood. It’s deeply devastating for all of us.”
Earlier within the day, Trump mentioned he was briefed in regards to the capturing, and mentioned the FBI was on the scene.
“What a horrible factor it’s, and all we are able to do proper now could be pray for the victims and for people who had been very badly harm,” Trump advised reporters later Saturday night. “It is a disgrace.”
The scenario remained fluid, with the college later clarifying key particulars in regards to the incident.
The varsity initially posted an replace shortly after the capturing, saying a suspect was in custody, earlier than later saying that was not the case.
The mayor mentioned that there was initially a person who was “preliminarily considered concerned,” however authorities later decided that individual was not a suspect.
Emergency personnel collect at Hope and Waterman Streets at Brown College in Windfall, R.I., on Dec. 13, 2025, throughout studies of a capturing.
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At about 5:30 p.m., the college mentioned there was a report of a secondary capturing a couple of blocks away from the engineering constructing close to Governor Avenue, however the college later mentioned that report was unfounded.
Investigators urged anybody with data associated to the capturing to name the police.
-ABC Information’ Youri Benadjaoud and Emily Chang contributed to this report.
