2 killed, 8 critically injured in mass capturing at Brown College, mayor of Windfall, R.I., says

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A capturing within the engineering constructing at Brown College on Saturday has left a minimum of two folks useless and eight critically injured, the mayor of Windfall, R.I., stated.

The Ivy League faculty in Rhode Island issued an lively shooter alert late within the afternoon, urging college students and workers to take shelter.

Police have but to launch particulars in regards to the variety of victims, their situations or the circumstances of the capturing.

Windfall Mayor Brett Smiley introduced the variety of casualties in a information convention Saturday night. The college confirmed the numbers on its web site.

College officers initially informed college students and workers {that a} suspect was in custody, however later stated that was not the case and police had been nonetheless looking for a suspect or suspects, in accordance with alerts issued by Brown's emergency notification system.

"We're nonetheless getting details about what is going on on, however we're simply telling folks to lock their doorways and to remain vigilant," stated Windfall council member John Goncalves, whose ward contains the Brown campus.

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The reported capturing occurred close to the Barus & Holley constructing, a seven-storey complicated that homes the college's faculty of engineering and physics division the place remaining exams had been happening Saturday. In accordance with the college's web site, the constructing contains greater than 100 laboratories, dozens of lecture rooms and places of work.

Saturday was the second day of ultimate exams for the autumn semester.

U.S. President Donald Trump stated he has been briefed on the capturing.

"God bless the victims and the households of the victims!" he stated on his social media website.

College students had been urged to shelter in place as police responded to the scene, and other people had been informed to keep away from the world. A police officer warned media to take cowl in automobiles as a result of the world was nonetheless an lively scene.

Officers cautioned that data remained preliminary as investigators labored to find out what had occurred.

Police had been actively investigating and nonetheless gathering data from the scene, stated Kristy dosReis, chief public data officer for the Metropolis of Windfall. The FBI stated it was aiding within the response.