The American Way of Death
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Today in Providence:
A shooter dressed in black killed at least two people and wounded eight others at Brown University on Saturday during final exams on the Ivy League campus, authorities said, as police searched for the suspect.
Officers were hunting through campus buildings and sifting through trash cans more than three hours after the shooting erupted.
The suspect was a male in dark clothing who was last seen leaving the building, said Timothy O’Hara, Deputy Chief of Police.
Mayor Brett Smiley said a shelter-in-place was in effect for the area and encouraged people living near the campus to stay inside and not to return home until it is lifted.
“We have all available resources” to find the suspect, Smiley said.
The eight wounded people were in critical but stable condition, the mayor said. He declined to say whether the victims were students.
Everything about the shooting at Brown is horrific & should make America ashamed of the slaughterhouse we’ve become. But I’m especially holding in my heart the parents who were eagerly planning for their kids to get home for break. Getting them holiday gifts. Planning to cook their favorite meals.— Dana Stevens (@thehighsign.bsky.social) Dec 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM