‘Person of interest’ held in connection to Brown University shooting that left 2 dead

Police have detained a person of interest in connection with the shooting at Brown University in the US that killed two people, according to a BBC report. Nine others were injured when a gunman opened fire on the Providence campus on Saturday.

On Sunday, authorities confirmed the detention and lifted an earlier order for people on the Brown campus and nearby areas to shelter in place. Among the injured, medics reported that one individual is in critical condition, six are “critical but stable,” and two sustained less severe injuries.

Officials said the gunman opened fire in a classroom at the Holley Engineering building on the eastern end of Brown’s campus at around 4:00 pm local time (21:00 GMT) on Saturday. While the identities of the victims have not yet been released, Brown University President Christina Paxson told reporters that all those killed or injured were students.

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Earlier, police had released CCTV footage showing a male suspect dressed entirely in black walking away from the scene. Officers added that a firearm was not recovered during a sweep of the building.

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Students, faculty, and families are grappling with fresh tragedy, yet for two survivors of the latest attack, the horror is painfully familiar. Brown sophomores Mia Tretta and Zoe Weissman not only endured this campus shooting, which left two dead and nine wounded, but they had also survived previous school shootings earlier in their lives.

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Weissman, 20, was sheltering in her dorm room at the time, as reported by the Guardian. She had been just 12 years old when she witnessed the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. It was an attack that killed 17 people.

“It’s crazy,” Weissman told the Guardian, recalling how immediately upon hearing about the Brown shooting she felt herself transported back to her childhood experience in Parkland. “This just feels exactly like how I felt in 2018.”

Tretta, 21, has her own painful history with gun violence. She was shot in the abdomen during the 2019 Saugus High School shooting in California, where two of her classmates, including her best friend, were killed.

Both students expressed deep frustration and sorrow at having to relive such a moment, especially in a space they believed to be safe.