Brown University Shooting Witnesses Include Parkland Student, Survivor Contestant

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Brown University Shooting Witnesses Include Parkland Student, Survivor Contestant

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Eva Erickson, a doctoral candidate who was the runner-up earlier this year on the CBS reality competition show “Survivor,” said she left her lab in the engineering building 15 minutes before shots rang out.

Erikson had just dodged a shooting during final exams at Brown University that killed two students and wounded nine others.

She wasn’t the only prominent figure to narrowly miss the attack. Zoe Weissman, who survived the 2018 Parkland High School shooting, was reportedly on campus, too.

“I’m really grateful that I was in my dorm room, that I have food and water in here and access to a bathroom, but a lot of my friends were stuck in academic buildings and didn’t have food for hours,“ she told a Florida NBC affiliate.

Authorities say they have a suspect in custody, but numerous questions remain.

Col. Oscar Perez, the Providence police chief, said Sunday afternoon that the person in custody was in their 20s and that no one has been charged yet. Perez, who previously said the person was in their 30s and that no one else was being sought, declined to say whether the detained person had any connection to Brown.

The gunman opened fire inside a classroom in the engineering building, firing more than 40 rounds from a 9 mm handgun, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. Two handguns were recovered when the person of interest was taken into custody and authorities also found two loaded 30-round magazines, the official said. One of the firearms was equipped with a laser sight that projects a dot to aid in targeting, said the official, who was not authorized to discuss the investigation publicly and spoke to AP on the condition of anonymity.

Ken Silva is the editor of Headline USA. Follow him at x.com/jd_cashless.

World Jewish Congress President Announces Electoral Fund to Target Politicians Critical of Israel

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World Jewish Congress President Announces Electoral Fund to Target Politicians Critical of Israel

(José Niño, Headline USA) World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder just drew a line in the sand for American politicians. Speaking at the Israel Hayom Summit in New York last Tuesday, the cosmetics billionaire delivered an unmistakable threat to congressional and Senate candidates.

Any politician whose platform includes what he characterizes as antisemitism will face organized, well funded opposition campaigns bankrolled by his organization.

“Any candidate running for a seat in this building, whether for Congress or Senate whose platform includes anti-Semitism, we will target them as they target us,” Lauder declared, per a press release by the WJC. “Accordingly, we will start a fund to help their opponents. We cannot passively sit by and let anti-Zionists determine our future.”

This represents an escalation of Lauder’s previous electoral intervention efforts. In 2019, the New York Times reported that he pledged $25 million to launch the Anti-Semitism Accountability Project, a hybrid non-profit and super PAC designed to oppose candidates from both parties who “traffic in anti-Semitic language and tropes,” as the NYT reported. He hired pollsters, strategists, and researchers to track comments by candidates nationwide, retaining final authority over which politicians would be targeted for defeat.

Lauder made clear in his recent announcement that the World Jewish Congress would target not only candidates whose platforms include antisemitism but also stated they “cannot passively sit by and let anti-Zionists determine our future.” Throughout his address, Lauder characterized criticism of Israel as inherently antisemitic, declaring “This is not normal. It’s not accidental. And it’s not just criticism of Israel. It is the world’s oldest hatred. Once again, wearing political clothes.”

Lauder specifically condemned phrases like “from the river to the sea” as calls for “the elimination of the Jewish state” and attacked politicians who were “elected by attacking Jews, by glorifying violence against Jews, but making no excuse for by building entire campaigns around a single foreign policy issue and weaponizing it against Jewish communities right here at home.” 

Following Lauder’s remarks, he introduced Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick as “a strong supporter of Israel.” Lutnick, who was confirmed as Commerce Secretary in February 2025 after Trump nominated him in November 2024, subsequently pledged that “President Trump has Israel’s back.” The 63-year-old CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald served as co-chair of Trump’s transition team and has been a prominent supporter of Israel focused causes including United Hatzalah and Birthright.

At the Jerusalem Post Washington Conference in December 2025, Lutnick stated that Trump’s Israel policy is “clear and firm” and that the administration anchors its approach “in the reality of October 7” while planning deeper regional economic partnerships. His appointment places a vocal Israel advocate in a key economic policy position.

Lauder framed his announcement within what he characterized as a “full-scale assault on the truth, on democracy, and on the safety of the Jewish people everywhere.” He drew historical parallels to the 1930s, comparing contemporary media figures such as Tucker Carlson to Father Charles Coughlin, the antisemitic radio preacher.

The Forward reported in February 2025 that it remained unclear where Lauder’s original $25 million ASAP commitment had been deployed, with Lauder having told the Jewish Chronicle in 2020 that he intentionally created ASAP as separate from the World Jewish Congress.

Rep. Massie Casts Doubt on FBI’s Jan. 6 Bomber Case Amid Whistleblower Claims

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Rep. Massie Casts Doubt on FBI’s Jan. 6 Bomber Case Amid Whistleblower Claims

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., said Friday he had received information from a “new FBI whistleblower” that raises questions about the bureau’s investigation into the Jan. 6 pipe bomb case. 

The alleged whistleblower information centers on Brian J. Cole, Jr., the suspect the DOJ claimed placed explosive devices outside the Republican and Democratic national committees in Washington, D.C. 

In a series of posts on X, Massie said the whistleblower’s tips, along with neighbors’ observations, suggest Cole “does not appear to have the mental acumen to plan, prepare, and execute a complex bombing plot by himself.” 

Massie added that he concludes that “FBI employee disclosing this information to me doesn’t believe the FBI has arrested a person who is capable or motivated, or even interested enough in affairs outside of his own small world, to execute the J6 pipe bomb plot on his own.”  

Massie said the assessment is based on internal information about Cole’s life. He added that Cole’s neighborhood is “populated with several employees of the FBI, Secret Service, and police” and that many “of them have observed the suspect on walks over the years.” 

According to Massie, Cole wanders the neighborhood several times a day while walking his dog and otherwise does not “engage in any other activities.” 

“He does not interact with anyone,” the Republican lawmaker added. “He doesn’t wave or acknowledge others or even say hello. He does not even look at other people when he walks by. He appears to live in his own world.” 

Cole had never been spotted “walking around in an angry or agitated state” and his “demeanor is detached and vacant.” 

Earlier this month, Cole’s grandmother, Loretta, described him as “autistic-like” and said that he does not “understand a lot of stuff.” 

She added, “He’s not a terrorist. … He’s very naïve. He would not hurt a fly. He’s just not that kind of person.” 

Massie echoed those remarks in his X thread, writing that Cole’s behavior “is awkward” and that it is “obvious he has a mental disability, and likely lives in a permanently vulnerable, intellectual, and emotional state.”  

Massie said those claims raised questions about the reliability of any alleged confession obtained while Cole was in detention. 

“It’s well known that individuals with mental conditions are susceptible to providing inaccurate and unwarranted ‘confessions,’” he added. 

Massie did not identify the whistleblower. Meanwhile, Cole has been charged with transporting an explosive device in interstate commerce and attempted malicious destruction by means of fire and explosive materials. 

Hero Disarms Terrorist During Anti-Jewish Shooting in Australia

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Hero Disarms Terrorist During Anti-Jewish Shooting in Australia

(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Two terrorists reportedly killed at least 11 people on Sunday in Australia during a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s Bondi Beach—the country’s worst mass shooting in some three decades.

The attack may have been even worse if not for the heroic actions of a 43-year-old man identified as Ahmed el Ahmed. Footage shows him disarming one of the terrorists. He was later shot twice and is in the hospital, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.

One of the suspects was reportedly killed while the other one is in critical condition. Authorities haven’t revealed their identity as of the publication of this article. Public reports say one of the men is named Naveed Akram, a 24-year-old Pakistani. Australian police were reportedly searching his home earlier Sunday.

One of the terrorists was known to Australia’s domestic intelligence agency but hadn’t been considered an immediate threat, according to the Wall Street Journal, which cited the country’s domestic intelligence chief, Mike Burgess.

Additionally, the Journal reported that authorities are investigating whether there was a third terrorist involved.

“Police said they located a vehicle near the attack site that authorities believe held several improvised explosive devices. Authorities were also looking at whether there was a third offender. A bomb-disposal unit was still on scene as of Sunday night,” the newspaper reported Sunday.

The attack is being treated as an act of anti-Jewish terrorism.

“There is no place for this hate, violence and terrorism in our nation,” Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese reportedly said, adding that “an attack on Jewish Australians is an attack on every Australian.”

Ken Silva is the editor of Headline USA. Follow him at x.com/jd_cashless.

Tucker Carlson Attacks Bari Weiss and Bill Ackman

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Tucker Carlson Attacks Bari Weiss and Bill Ackman

(José Niño, Headline USA) Tucker Carlson unleashed a blistering assault on billionaire investor Bill Ackman and CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss during his Tuesday appearance on Theo Von’s podcast “This Past Weekend,” igniting a firestorm that reveals growing ideological fault lines within American conservatism.

The former Fox News host pulled no punches in his condemnation of both figures. Regarding Ackman, worth approximately $8 billion, Carlson declared the investor “kind of dumb”, per a report by the New York Times. 

But his most vicious remarks targeted Weiss, the 41 year old journalist recently appointed to lead CBS News following Paramount’s $150 million acquisition of her outlet The Free Press.

“In no fair system, in no meritocracy would Bari Weiss rise above secretary,” Carlson stated flatly according to a Barrett Media account of this discussion. “I’ve been in this business my whole life. I’ve been in this business since Bari Weiss was breastfeeding.” He characterized Weiss as “the single least creative human being, the single most robotic” and cited her ascension to CBS leadership as proof of a “rigged world.” 

Carlson specifically referenced Weiss’s 2017 criticism of Tulsi Gabbard’s meeting with Syrian President Bashar al Assad as evidence of incompetence. When Weiss appeared on Joe Rogan’s podcast and called Gabbard an “Assad toady” for conducting a fact finding mission in Syria, she struggled to explain what specifically made Gabbard supportive of the Syrian dictator. 

Carlson claimed Weiss “didn’t even know who Assad was,” though Gabbard has consistently called Assad a brutal dictator while opposing American efforts to overthrow his government.

Following the December podcast appearance, Ackman responded on X, revealing that Carlson had previously defamed him on his show and failed to issue a promised retraction despite receiving a legal letter. “Tucker owes me an apology,” Ackman wrote. “I know I’m not going to get one because he’s not man enough to care about the truth.” He called Carlson “an ignorant POS who has lost his soul.”

José Niño is the deputy editor of Headline USA. Follow him at x.com/JoseAlNino 

 

The Wealth Gap Widens: Survey Shows Rich Now Means $2.3 Million Net Worth

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The Wealth Gap Widens: Survey Shows Rich Now Means $2.3 Million Net Worth

(José Niño, Headline USA) The benchmark for wealth in America has undergone a dramatic transformation. According to a report by Fortune, Americans now place the threshold for being considered wealthy at an average of $2.3 million—a 21 percent surge since 2021 that underscores how inflation and escalating expenses have fundamentally reshaped financial aspirations. 

Though generational perspectives on wealth differ, there’s broad consensus that true prosperity encompasses far more than dollars alone, extending to security, wellness, and life quality.

Back then, a seven-figure net worth seemed like the ultimate financial destination. But with inflation and tariffs driving up prices across the board, that once-impressive sum has lost much of its luster. The reality check comes from a Charles Schwab report showing that Americans now peg the wealth threshold at an average of $2.3 million.

The financial services giant polled 2,200 adults ranging from 21 to 75 years old between April 24 and May 23, capturing insights across multiple generations. Survey participants indicated that achieving “financial comfort” requires approximately $839,000.

Though the $2.3 million figure represents a modest decline from last year’s Modern Wealth Survey result of $2.5 million, it still towers 21% above the $1.9 million benchmark recorded in 2021.

Survey participants also expressed that the wealth threshold appears to be climbing, with 63 percent indicating it takes more money to achieve wealthy status today than a year ago, pointing to inflation, economic deterioration, and increased taxation as primary culprits.

Brad Clark, founder and CEO of financial advisory firm Solomon Financial, noted these views align closely with feedback from his clientele. While the United States boasts numerous millionaires when all assets are tallied, he explained to Fortune, this calculation typically incorporates home equity, leaving investable assets below the million-dollar mark for most.

“With so many middle-class Americans being considered millionaires, it stands to reason that the average individual would consider $2.3 million to be wealthy, as it may seem out of reach,” Clark said.

Yet financial professionals emphasize that wealth doesn’t automatically translate to lavish living across all dimensions.

The $2.3 million benchmark is “not luxury for everyone, but security. It’s wanting to have a house, retire well, have family, and have one’s time,” William “Bill” London, a lawyer and partner at Kimura London & White who routinely handles high-net-worth families and individuals in divorces and estate cases, told Fortune. “Affluence is not about excess, but about reducing anxiety.”

The Charles Schwab data reveals generational divides in wealth perception, with Gen Z establishing lower benchmarks for both wealth and financial stability—$1.7 million and $329,000, respectively. Millennials and Gen Xers place the wealth line at $2.1 million, while baby boomers set it at $2.8 million.

These disparities may stem from how different age cohorts view prosperity. Older generations like baby boomers tend to view wealth through the lens of stability, London explained, emphasizing property ownership, retirement income, and inheritable assets. Younger cohorts, conversely, prioritize experiences, debt elimination, and lifestyle autonomy.

“Millennials and Gen Z are justifiably pessimistic about the prospects of homeownership, which historically was the most common way for Americans to build wealth,” Markus Schneider, associate professor and chair of the economics department at University of Denver, told Fortune. “There are lots of reasons why millennials and Gen Z may feel less secure about the world than the boomers did when they were the same age, and that may also impact how they feel about their wealth.”

José Niño is the deputy editor of Headline USA. Follow him at x.com/JoseAlNino 

 

Obama Ignored During Cringey Surprise Visit to Chicago Elementary-School Class

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(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) The fragile legacy of former President Barack Obama took another hit last week when an apparent surprise visit to a Chicago library to meet an elementary school class failed to capture the students’ attention.

Decked out in a Santa hat, Obama strolled into the room with his entourage to scattered applause. But the students seated at tables continued largely to focus on their assignment while others seemed confused about what was happening.

“Everybody seems to be working hard,” Obama lamented. “I thought we were going to have a little Christmas party, and everybody’s doing their homework.”

The students appeared to be completing an assignment that involved drawing pictures of Obama, but some may not have recognized the frail, greying figure in person until he began critiquing their portraits.

While requiring young students to create works of art celebrating Obama is not uncommon among woke public-school indoctrinators, the reaction was a far cry from Obama’s heyday, when classes would gleefully recite songs they made up about the dear leader.

Critics on both sides of the aisle have said the man who once sent a thrill up the leg of MSNBC host Chris Matthews has lost his magic after Democrats failed to propel then-Vice President Kamala Harris to victory in a desperately astroturfed 2024 campaign.

Obama reportedly favored seditious Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., over Harris to replace addled Democratic nominee Joe Biden. Nonetheless, he dutifully swooped in to try to save Harris’s campaign in the final weeks, catering his pitch specifically to black men.

However, his chiding of “the brothas” rang hollow, with many criticizing his condescending tone.

During an MSNBC-led panel discussion with black men reacting to Obama’s rhetoric, podcast host Chad Fain said he was “deeply offended” by the shameless race-baiting.

“I was deeply offended, and it felt like a moment where it’s like ‘You n-words better get in line and do what we say,’” Fain told the panel.

Since President Donald Trump’s return to power, which has exposed the scandalous role Obama took in the Russia-gate hoax while also seeking to unravel many of the policies he and Biden put in place, several left-wing media outlets have questioned whether Obama’s “star power” has fizzled.

“The effort to supplant Harris may well signal the last hurrah for Obama having real power in the Democratic Party,” campaign strategist Keith Naughton wrote in an April 17 op-ed for The Hill.

“Despite all the disrespect from the national media and the political establishment, Kamala Harris is the real leader of the Democrats today — at least, she is the absolute favorite to be the 2028 nominee, if she wants it,” Naughton added.

A May 27 report from NBC News rebuffed Obama for putting his own legacy above state-level party development as his massive fundraising machine gobbled up would-be donors, leaving no room to develop future talent.

“Team Obama’s bloom may be falling off the rose,”the piece said.

“…[T]he former president’s luster was showing signs of fading last fall, a phenomenon that threatens to persist as the next crop of young voters ages into adulthood,” it added. “When the 2028 presidential election arrives, it will be 20 years since Obama’s first victory. At that point, more voters will have come of age in the era of Donald Trump than in the era of Obama.”

Facing the prospect of a treason indictment that would override his presidential immunity, Obama reportedly has been transferring his assets into high-end properties in the United Kingdom and has made several recent trips across the pond, where he has been warmly received.

Ben Sellers is a freelance writer and former editor of Headline USA. Follow him at x.com/realbensellers.

Dan Crenshaw Gets into Fight w/ Little Girl

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(Ben Sellers, Headline USA) Rep. Dan Crenshaw, the thin-skinned globalist RINO known for getting into spats with fellow Republicans, lashed out against a young girl with glasses who grilled him for implying that Jesus was an imaginary figure.

A viral video showed Crenshaw last week during a fundraiser for the Montgomery County Tea Party PAC taking a curt tone with the bespectacled girl during a question-and-answer session.

The girl referenced a 2020 interview in which Crenshaw referred to Jesus as an “archetype,” likening him to Superman while making a distinction from “real” figures like Ronald Reagan.

“I’ve seen you claim to be a Christian,” the girl said. “You’ve talked about God, but when you claim Jesus to be a hero archetype, you not only lied about Jesus not being real, but you lied about being a Christian. I can’t wrap my head around this.”

A peevish Crenshaw responded by telling her to “put a period after the word Jesus and don’t question my faith.”

Audience members reacted in shock, with some saying “Wow” along with boos and one man shouting “You moron.”

Crenshaw awkwardly tried to defend his comments, saying, “Nowhere in that quote am I saying Jesus is not real. That’s a ridiculous statement. … Of course he’s the son of God.”

He later accused the girl of twisting his words.

“This is not very Christlike,” he chided. “This is not very Christian.”

The girl was reported by some online to be around age 10, although Jameson Ellis, a Republican seeking to challenge Crenshaw in next year’s GOP primary, indicated that she was 18.

Crenshaw “had an opportunity to build bridges & respond in love but, instead, he did this,” Ellis wrote in a post that featured the encounter from another angle.

Crenshaw’s communications team attempted to do damage control after the footage went viral, playing the sympathy card by invoking his long-dead mother.

“His faith is very important to him because he used it to get through seriously trying circumstances,” a spokesperson told People magazine. “This is a guy who lost his mom to breast cancer when he was a 10-year-old. His mom taught him about faith and passed those lessons on to Dan.”

But in what some might see as an “eye for an eye” moment, Crenshaw’s team also sought to cast him as the victim by attacking Ellis for what they claimed was a setup.

“It is sad that our opponent is so desperate for attention that he used an 18-year-old to question Dan’s faith as part of a cheap political stunt,” a Crenshaw spokesperson said.

Ellis denied being behind the confrontation, although he did post a photo that featured the girl holding one of his campaign signs.

Crenshaw, an alumnus of the World Economic Forum’s Young Global Leaders initiative, has been a regular roadblock to President Donald Trump’s MAGA agenda.

He notably sparred with conservative reporter Nick Sortor and troll-turned-influencer Phillip “Catturd” Buchanan last year over criticism of a congressional pay hike that Crenshaw spearheaded.

“Sorry I was guy [sic] fighting the wars that little bitches like you would never dare to,” Crenshaw told Buchanan in the profanity-laced meltdown.

Crenshaw also has incurred sharp criticism from conservative commentator Tucker Carlson, who ridiculed him as “Eye-Patch McCain” during a Fox News broadcast.

In another viral interview, Crenshaw, appearing to speak candidly off the cuff, said he would kill Carlson if the two ever met face-to-face.

Ben Sellers is a freelance writer and former editor of Headline USA. Follow him at x.com/realbensellers.

Police Arrest Suspect in Brown University Shooting, Which Killed 2 and Injured 9

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Police Arrest Suspect in Brown University Shooting, Which Killed 2 and Injured 9

(Headline USA) Police in Rhode Island said early Sunday that they had a suspect in custody after a shooting that rocked the Brown University campus during final exams, leaving two people dead and nine others wounded.

Col. Oscar Perez, chief of the Providence police, confirmed at a news conference that the detained suspect was in their 30s. Perez did not say where the suspect was arrested or whether the suspect was connected to the university.

The shooting erupted in the engineering building of the Ivy League school in Providence, Rhode Island, during final exams. Hundreds of police officers had scoured the Brown University campus along with nearby neighborhoods and pored over video in pursuit of a shooter who opened fire in a classroom.

Providence leaders warned that residents will notice a heavier police presence on Sunday. Many local businesses announced they would remain closed and expressed shock and heartbreak as the community continued to process the news of the shooting.

“Everybody’s reeling, and we have a lot of recovery ahead of us,” said Brown University President Christina Paxson said at the news conference.

Surveillance video released by police showed the suspect, dressed in black, calmly walking away from the scene. His face was not visible and investigators said it wasn’t clear whether the suspect is a student.

The suspect was last seen leaving the engineering building and some witnesses told police the suspect may have been wearing a camouflage mask, Providence Police Deputy Chief Timothy O’Hara said.

Earlier, Paxson said she was told 10 people who were shot were students. Another person was injured by fragments from the shooting but it was not clear if the victim was a student, she said.

The search for the shooter paralyzed the campus, the nearby neighborhoods filled with stately brick homes and the downtown in Rhode Island’s capital city. Streets normally bustling with activity on weekends were eerily quiet.

Students sheltered in place for hours into the night. Officers in tactical gear led students out of some campus buildings and into a fitness center where they waited. Others arrived at the shelter on buses without jackets or any belongings.

Mayor advised people to stay home

Investigators were not immediately sure how the shooter got inside the first-floor classroom. Outer doors of the building were unlocked but rooms being used for final exams required badge access, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley said.

He encouraged people living near the campus to stay inside or not return home until a shelter-in-place order was lifted.

“The Brown community’s heart is breaking and Providence’s heart is breaking along with it,” Smiley said.

Hours before the press conference, authorities said they believed the shooter used a handgun, according to a law enforcement official who was not authorized to discuss an ongoing investigation and spoke on condition of anonymity.

Rhode Island has some of the strictest gun laws in the U.S.

Nine people with gunshot wounds were taken to Rhode Island Hospital, where one was in critical condition. Six required intensive care but were not getting worse and two were stable, hospital spokesperson Kelly Brennan said.

Exams were underway during shooting

Engineering design exams were underway when the shooting occurred in the Barus & Holley building, a seven-story complex that houses the School of Engineering and physics department. The building includes more than 100 laboratories, dozens of classrooms and offices, according to the university’s website.

Emma Ferraro, a chemical engineering student, was in the building’s lobby working on a final project when she heard loud pops coming from the east side. Once she realized they were gunshots, she darted for the door and ran to a nearby building where she sheltered for several hours.

Students hid under desks

Students in a nearby lab turned off the lights and hid under desks after receiving an alert about the shooting, said Chiangheng Chien, a doctoral student in engineering who was about a block away from the scene.

Mari Camara, 20, a junior from New York City, was coming out of the library and rushed inside a taqueria to seek shelter. She spent more than three hours there, texting friends while police searched the campus.

“Everyone is the same as me, shocked and terrified that something like this happened,” she said.

Brown, the seventh oldest higher education institution in the U.S., is one of the nation’s most prestigious colleges with roughly 7,300 undergraduates and more than 3,000 graduate students. Tuition, housing and other fees run to nearly $100,000 per year, according to the university.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

 

Active Shooter Still At Large at Brown University in Rhode Island

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Active Shooter Still At Large at Brown University in Rhode Island

UPDATE: Shortly after this article’s publication, President Donald Trump said that a suspect is in custody. Local authorities have not confirmed this.

(Headline USA) Multiple people were shot Saturday in the area of Brown University, police said, as the school issued an active shooter alert and urged students and staff to take shelter during the second day of final exams.

Police did not immediately release details about the victims’ conditions or the circumstances of the shooting.

University officials initially told students and staff that a suspect was in custody, before later saying that was not the case and that police were still searching for a suspect or suspects, according to alerts issued through Brown’s emergency notification system.

The reported shooting occurred near the Barus & Holley building, a seven-story complex that houses the university’s School of Engineering and physics department. According to the university’s website, the building includes more than 100 laboratories, dozens of classrooms and offices.

Students were urged to shelter in place as police responded to the scene, and people were told to avoid the area. Officials cautioned that information remained preliminary as investigators worked to determine what had occurred.

Police were actively investigating and still gathering information from the scene, said Kristy DosReis, the chief public information officer for the city of Providence.

Brown is a private, nonprofit Ivy League institution with roughly 7,300 undergraduate students and more than 3,000 graduate students. Saturday was the second day of final exams for the fall semester.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

 

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