Multiple people shot at Brown University as students and staff told to take shelter

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island — Multiple people were shot in the area of Brown University, police say, as the school issued an active shooter alert and urged students and staff to take shelter during the second day of final exams.

Police do not immediately release details about the victims’ conditions or the circumstances of the shooting.

University officials initially told students and staff that a suspect was in custody, before later saying that was not the case and that police were still searching for a suspect or suspects, according to alerts issued through Brown’s emergency notification system.

The reported shooting occurred near the Barus & Holley building, a seven-story complex that houses the university’s School of Engineering and physics department. According to the university’s website, the building includes more than 100 laboratories, dozens of classrooms, and offices.