Closing summary
We’re wrapping up our live coverage of the aftermath of a shooting at Brown University that left two people dead and eight people still in hospital. Here is what we know so far at a glance:
A person in their 20s was taken into custody on Sunday morning. Police chief Col Oscar Perez declined to say whether the person of interest was the same person seen in surveillance footage released by authorities on Saturday. Officials did not name the person.
A shooter dressed in black killed at least two people and wounded nine others at Brown University during final exams on the Ivy League campus.
Brown University president Christina Paxson confirmed that the two people killed were students. A shelter-in-place in effect for the area was lifted on Sunday morning.
Eight people with gunshot wounds were taken to Rhode Island hospital, where seven were in critical but stable condition, Paxson said on Sunday. One person remains in a critical condition, she added. One other student was discharged from hospital on Saturday night and left with their parents, Paxson said.
Providence’s mayor Brett Smiley said he had visited the victims of the attack in hospital, praising their resilience and the efforts of emergency medical staff who treated them.
Smiley declined to name any of the shooting victims, saying authorities had not yet been able to contact all the relatives.
Officials refused to say whether a gun used in the attack had been found. A small Glock handgun with a laser sight attached and a revolver were found in a hotel room where the person of interest was apprehended, federal law enforcement sources have told CNN.
Law enforcement agencies were seen at a Hampton Inn hotel in Coventry, Rhode Island, roping off rooms as part of the investigation into the shooting. An FBI agent said the person of interest had been arrested at the hotel, which is a short drive from Brown University.
The FBI used cellphone data to locate the person of interest, the agency’s director Kash Patel said.
Donald Trump paid tribute to the victims in the attack. Speaking at the White House, the US president said: “I want to just pay my respects to the people, unfortunately two are no longer with us, Brown University, nine injured and two are looking down on us right now from Heaven.” The president added: “So to the nine injured: get well fast. And to the families of those two that are no longer with us: I pay my deepest regards and respects, from the United States of America. Thank you very much. It’s a very important thing to say, and we mean it.”
Politicians have condemned the attack and called for more action to combat gun violence in the US. Among them were senators Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla as well as former House speaker Nancy Pelosi.
The shooting occurred in the Barus and Holley building, a seven-story complex that houses the School of Engineering and physics department. According to the university’s website, the building includes more than 100 laboratories, dozens of classrooms and offices. Brown, one of the America’s most prestigious colleges, has roughly 7,300 undergraduates and more than 3,000 graduate students.
A small Glock handgun with a laser sight attached and a revolver were found in a hotel room at the Hampton Inn in Coventry, Rhode Island, federal law enforcement sources have told CNN.
CNN also reports the person of interest detained is male. Officers reportedly banged on the door and told him to open up.
Law enforcement often uses the term “person of interest” to refer to someone whom they consider important to a criminal investigation – but whom there is not enough evidence to consider a suspect and accuse of having committed the underlying offense.
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