Two folks 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 response to 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, folks residing 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 info to share it with authorities.
“The unthinkable has occurred,” a somber Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee informed reporters at an earlier information convention, pledging assist for native authorities and the households of the victims.
He later informed reporters he had spoken to President Donald Trump and FBI Director Kash Patel.
Windfall Mayor Brett Smiley and Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee converse throughout a press convention after a capturing on the campus of Brown College left two useless 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 stated.
What we all know concerning 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 obtained a name from Brown College about an energetic shooter incident close to the engineering constructing. The college alerted college students and college 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 stated.
Legislation 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 stated 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 stated 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 informed ABC Information that preliminary info signifies that the capturing occurred in a classroom the place a research group was going down.
Video of individual of curiosity
Authorities have launched 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 stated. His face will not be seen.
The suspected shooter was additionally seen by eyewitnesses escaping on foot after via the Hope Avenue exit, police stated. A number of the witnesses have informed police that the suspect could have been carrying a camouflage masks, however the official stated that hasn’t been confirmed.
Police stated 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 stated the weapon was not instantly recovered.
The FBI has launched a web site for folks to share ideas, together with photographs and movies at FBI.gov/BrownUniversityShooting.
‘Deeply tragic day for Brown’
Of these wounded, one individual was in vital situation; six folks had been in vital however steady situation; and two folks had been in steady situation, in response to Rhode Island Hospital, the place they had been being handled.
Initially, officers stated eight folks had been wounded within the assault, however stated at a information convention later Saturday evening {that a} ninth individual wounded within the capturing didn’t undergo a gunshot wound however was struck by fragments and went to the hospital later.
Cops 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 stated she was informed the preliminary victims had been all college students of the college, however stated she wasn’t positive if the ninth one that was wounded is a scholar.
In an earlier letter to the varsity group, Paxson known as the victims “group members.”
Legislation enforcement officers carry rifles on a avenue 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 area 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 immediately 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 informed to maintain doorways locked and never transfer across the campus.
Over 400 officers had been within the space, both aiding with the investigation or making certain the security of the group, the mayor stated.
“We all know our group needs solutions, and we’ll present them as quickly as we are able to,” the college president stated within the earlier letter. “For now, please know we’re doing all we are able to to maintain our group 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 group. It’s deeply devastating for all of us.”
Earlier within the day, Trump stated he was briefed concerning the capturing, and stated 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 damage,” Trump informed reporters later Saturday night. “It is a disgrace.”
The scenario remained fluid, with the college later clarifying key particulars concerning the incident.
The college 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 stated that there was initially a person who was “preliminarily regarded as 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 stated there was a report of a secondary capturing a number of blocks away from the engineering constructing close to Governor Avenue, however the college later stated that report was unfounded.
Investigators urged anybody with info associated to the capturing to name the police.
-ABC Information’ Youri Benadjaoud and Emily Chang contributed to this report.
