Active shooter puts Brown University campus on lockdown

By Agencies 14 December 2025, 12:14 am

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In this image from video, law enforcement officials gather outside the Brown University campus in Providence, Rhode Island, December 13, 2025. (AP/Kimberlee Kruesi)

An active shooter is on the campus of Brown University, the Ivy League school in the northeastern state of Rhode Island.

“There’s an active shooter situation near Barus and Holley. Brown and Providence Police are on scene,” the school says in an emergency alert, urging people to shelter in place.

Officials initially said a suspect was in custody, before saying that was not in fact the case, and police are still searching for a suspect or suspects.

A police officer warns members of the media to take cover in vehicles because the area is still an active scene. Officers carrying assault weapons and emergency vehicles line many of the streets surrounding the engineering school.

The prestigious university in Providence, near Boston, has about 11,000 students.