Domestic Violence IS sadly part of America….
AGAIN….
Two people were killed and eight were injured in a shooting at Brown University on Saturday, officials said. Three hours after it began, students continued to hide in their dorms and classrooms on the campus in Providence, R.I., as police officers searched for a man dressed in black.
The injured people were in critical but stable condition at local hospitals, officials said during an evening news conference. It was unclear how many of them were students. Rodney Chatman, Brown’s police chief, described the shooting investigation as “a very fluid situation.”
Here are the details:
Where it happened: The university told students and faculty members in an alert at 4:22 p.m. to lock their doors, silence phones and stay hidden because of reports of an active shooter at the Barus and Holley engineering building.
No one in custody: The authorities said the gunman exited the engineering building on the Hope Street side. They don’t know what kind of weapon was used or have any other information about him, and are looking for video that could help in the manhunt. “Preliminarily, all we have is a suspect that was a male dressed in black,” said Timothy O’Hara, the deputy Providence police chief.
Chaotic situation: University officials sent at least two incorrect alerts to students and faculty members, saying at one point that a suspect had been taken into custody before reversing that, then reporting around 5:30 p.m. that more shots had been fired off campus close to Governor Street. They later backtracked and said that report was also incorrect.
Officials react: President Trump said on social media that he had been briefed on the shooting and that the F.B.I. was on the scene. “God bless the victims and the families of the victims!” he said. Gov. Dan McKee of Rhode Island said state law enforcement and emergency management officials were also responding.
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