Brown University shooting latest: Manhunt on for suspect after two killed and nine injured in mass shooting

Hogg said the following in a thread on X:

“Shootings like the one that happened today at Brown and the ones that happen every single day in this country are not inevitable. It does not have to be this way. The only reason it is this way is because of our leaders refusal to do anything substantial.

Even if you completely disagree with me we have to agree there is stuff we can do even if small to address this crisis that no sane person wants to continue. If after every shooting we decided to just do something even if it was small we could massively reduce gun violence.

As always I’m happy to meet with any republican who wants to do something about this. I can respect people who don’t agree but I can’t accept there’s nothing we can do when we all do agree this crisis has to be addressed. I’m not just talking mass shootings either I’m talking gun suicide, daily gun violence, unintentional shootings, all of it. We can decide to do something or we can continue to debate this.”

Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee told CNN that state authorities would conduct a review of Brown University campus buildings to make sure they are safe enough for students. He said that review would occur some time after the active situation is under control.

“Everything needs to be looked at on a daily basis and we do that, and we prepare for emergencies,” McKee said. “This is no exception… Until we actually know more, it’s difficult to make comment in terms of whether the situation was as safe as it should be, but we’ll follow up.”

Providence Mayor Brett Smiley told reporters late on Saturday not to expect any additional briefings during the overnight hours of Sunday morning.

He said that an impromptu briefing could be called if there is a major development in the investigation.

Providence Mayor Brett Smiley told reporters on Saturday night that there would be an “enhanced and visible” police presence in the city on Sunday.

He told residents not to cancel their Sunday plans, but warned them that law enforcement personnel would still be very visible as the hunt for the Brown University mass shooting suspect continues.

Two students are dead and at least nine others are injured after a gunman fired into a classroom at a prestigious Ivy League university in Rhode Island and appeared to walk off campus without a trace.

Saturday’s mass shooting at Brown University in Providence forced campus buildings and parts of the city into lockdown, with students barricading themselves in buildings for hours while hundreds of law enforcement officers swarmed the city.

The suspect appeared to have escaped before police arrived and — except for one brief surveillance video showing a person dressed in black rounding a corner outside the campus — all but disappeared.

After a more than six hour lockdown — and with a suspect still at large — Providence Mayor Brett Smiley told locals that they should not cancel their Sunday plans.

“We at this time are not recommending that those events be cancelled. It’s a personal choice whether you want to cancel your holiday party but we do not think it is necessary,” he said.

Smiley said he does not have reason to believe there is a persistent threat in the area.

“We do believe you can safely go to church in the morning,” he said.

Rachel Friedberg, a Brown economics professor, told Ocean State Media that the mass shooting at Brown University occurred in her classroom. She was not in the room at the time, but was given details from her teaching assistant.

“The room has stadium seating with doors that enter at the top,” Friedberg said. “He said that the shooter came in the doors, yelled something — he couldn’t remember what he yelled — and started shooting.”

“Students started to scramble to try to get away from the shooter, trying to get lower down in the stadium seating, and people got shot.”