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2+ hour, 59+ min ago (469+ words) FOXBOROUGH " Since Gillette Stadium is relatively close to Providence, some opposing teams opt to stay there when they come to play against the Patriots. The Buffalo Bills stayed at a hotel in downtown Providence on Saturday, less than two miles away from the scene where a gunman opened fire at Brown University Saturday afternoon,The Athletic's Dianna Russini reported. Two people died and nine were injured in the shooting. A person of interest was taken into custody Sunday morning, officials said. The Bills arrived safely for their Sunday afternoon contest against the Patriots at Gillette Stadium where a moment of silence was held for the victims before the game. The Buffalo Bills are staying at a downtown Providence hotel less than two miles from the active-shooter scene near Brown University. I'm told all players and staff are safe and accounted…...

10+ hour, 34+ min ago (595+ words) Shortly after taking office in 2023, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley attended a US Conference of Mayors discussion on how cities respond to mass casualty events. The conversation left him unsettled. Sitting beside his chief of staff, Emily Crowell, Smiley turned to her and said Providence was not ready for a mass shooting. There was no indication that anything was imminent, but he ordered city leaders, public safety officials, and school administrators to begin preparing, anyway. "He said, "It's not a matter of if, it's when," Crowell recalled Sunday. That is a sentence no mayor should ever have to utter, let alone plan around. But it proved uncomfortably prescient shortly after 4 p.m. Saturday, when a gunman opened fire inside Brown University's Barus and Holley engineering and physics building, killing two students and wounding at least eight others. Providence is a mid-sized city of…...

13+ hour, 52+ min ago (34+ words) Crowds gathered at a Providence park Sunday evening to honor the victims of shooting at Brown University. (AP video shot by: Amanda Swinhart) ... Vigil for victims of Brown University shooting brings Providence community together...

14+ hour, 35+ min ago (79+ words) Fox News Channel offers its audiences in-depth news reporting, along with opinion and analysis encompassing the principles of free people, free markets and diversity of thought, as an alternative to the left-of-center offerings of the news marketplace. Providence mayor provides update on deadly shooting at Brown University Providence Mayor Brett Smiley tells reporters that a person of interest is in custody following a shooting at Brown University that killed two people and injured nine. (Credit: WFXT)...

15+ hour, 2+ min ago (361+ words) By Lauren Mascarenhas, Chris Boyette and CNN Staff A person of interest is in custody in connection with yesterday's shooting at Brown University, officials said this morning. The shooting, which happened during a final exam review session at the private Ivy League university, left two students dead and nine others injured. Providence Police Chief Col. Oscar Perez would not confirm whether the person of interest is affiliated with the university in any way. A law enforcement source says the person of interest was detained at a hotel in Coventry, Rhode Island. A CNN crew saw a large police presence gather at the hotel before officers moved in on a room, banging on the door and calling for the person to come out. Coventry is a town outside Providence, where the university is located. The community can "breathe a little easier…...

15+ hour, 3+ min ago (772+ words) PROVIDENCE - Planned celebrations marking the first night of Hanukkah and the upcoming holidays were abruptly turned into community memorials Sunday evening after a mass shooting at Brown University. Flurries dusted Lippitt Memorial Park in Providence at about 5 p.m. Sunday as hundreds gathered for what was supposed to be a Christmas tree and menorah lighting ceremony. Instead, local leaders and neighbors passed around candles as they mourned the victims and came together for support. "We are gathered here to share light with one another in one of Providence's darkest times," said Providence City Councilor Sue AnderBois, who planned the holiday celebration before the shooting. "Our hearts break for the two students at Brown who lost their lives to gun violence yesterday and the nine others who are injured and their families." About two miles away, dozens of members of Brown's Jewish community…...

17+ hour, 53+ min ago (42+ words) A shooting at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island has left at least two people dead and eight more critically injured. The hunt for the shooter, who was "dressed in all black", is ongoing, ... Deadly university shooting investigation underway in Rhode Island...

21+ hour, 20+ min ago (702+ words) A deadly mass shooting at Brown University on Saturday left two students dead and nine others injured, leading to a massive manhunt and a prolonged lockdown across the Ivy League campus and surrounding areas. Police said the attack unfolded inside an engineering building during final exam preparations. The attack on the campus brings the number of mass shootings in the US to 389 for this year, according to the independent analysis website Gun Violence Archive. Also Read: Brown University Shooting: Authorities Release Video of Suspect Still at Large What Happened at Brown University The shooting took place around 4 PM local time on Saturday inside a first-floor classroom of a seven-story engineering building on Brown University's campus in Providence, officials said, as per the New York Times. Students were either taking final exams or using the space to study quietly when the…...

21+ hour, 47+ min ago (251+ words) Your monthly donation keeps PBS News strong President Donald Trump commented Sunday on the deadly shootings in Australia, Syria and Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Watch Trump's remarks in the video player above. As he arrived at the White House's Christmas reception, Trump paid tribute to those killed and injured in the three attacks. He first offered his condolences to the families of the two people killed in the Brown University shooting, before going on to honor those who died in Australia and Syria. LIVE UPDATES: Deadly shooting at Brown University "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," Trump said in reference to the Brown University shooting. A person of interest was in custody Sunday after the shooting during…...

22+ hour, 5+ min ago (48+ words) Providence Mayor Brett Smiley, University President Christina Paxson and Police Chief Col. Oscar Perez gave an update on the deadly shooting at Brown University. Providence Mayor Brett Smiley, University President Christina Paxson and Police Chief Col. Oscar Perez gave an update on the deadly shooting at Brown University....