Summary
A shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island left two people dead and nine injured. Police arrested a suspect the next day, and the university imposed a lockdown during the incident. This adds to a history of shootings on U.S. college campuses over the past decade.
Key Facts
- The shooting happened at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, on a Saturday.
- Two people died, and at least nine were critically injured in the incident.
- A suspect was detained by police at a hotel in Coventry, Rhode Island.
- A shelter-in-place order was issued for the university area during the shooting.
- Brown University is a private school with around 7,300 undergraduate students.
- This incident is one of several shootings on U.S. college campuses in recent years.
- Past campus shootings mentioned include those at Kentucky State University and University of Virginia, among others.
