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Buffalo Bills Were 'Down the Street' From Brown Shooting

They recount lockdown, prayers after 2 students were fatally shot

(Newser) - The Buffalo Bills' trip to face the New England Patriots turned tense Saturday night when players found themselves in lodging close to the scene of the deadly shooting at Brown University. The team was staying at a downtown Providence hotel less than two miles from where a gunman opened fire...

Among 2 Killed at Brown, a Young Republican Leader

Deceased identified as students Ella Cook, Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov

(Newser) - As authorities continue to hunt for their killer, the two people fatally shot Saturday at Brown University have been identified. Authorities named them Monday as Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, a first-year international student from Uzbekistan, and Ella Cook, a second-year undergraduate from Alabama. Cook, remembered by her Birmingham church as a...

Authorities Announce 'Stunning' Turnaround in Brown Shooting

Person of interest detained after university shooting is now being released

(Newser) - A person of interest detained after a Brown University shooting that killed two students and injured nine will be released after an investigation took law enforcement authorities in a "different direction," officials said Sunday night. The disclosure, made at a hastily convened late night news conference, represents a...

Detainee in Brown Shooting Identified as 24-Year-Old

Authorities have not named him

(Newser) - Police have not formally identified the person of interest detained after Saturday's shooting at Brown University , but details are emerging:
  • Both the Washington Post and NBC News , citing sources, identify him as a 24-year-old It was not clear whether he has any ties to Brown. The Post says he'
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Second School Shooting Leaves Student 'Really Angry'

Survivors of other campus killings say there will be more like them

(Newser) - A Brown University sophomore who lived through the Parkland high school massacre in Florida has now survived a second campus shooting, an experience she said feels horrifyingly familiar. Twenty-year-old Zoe Weissman was on Brown's Providence, Rhode Island, campus on Saturday when a gunman opened fire, killing at least two...

Cops Detain Person of Interest in Brown University Shooting

Two people were killed and nine wounded

(Newser) - Police have detained a person of interest in Saturday's fatal shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island that left two people dead and nine wounded, reports NBC News . No details were immediately provided about him, including what the motive might be.
  • Police said surveillance video from the shooting showed
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Police Search for Gunman After 2 Are Killed at Brown University

Officers go building to building looking for at least one suspect

(Newser) - At least one gunman opened fire at Brown University in Rhode Island on Saturday afternoon, killing at least two people and wounding several others. Providence's mayor said eight people were in critical condition, per the Guardian . Officials urged students and staff to take shelter as officers were going building...

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