A person of interest is in custody after a gunman opened fire at Brown University over the weekend, killing at least two people and wounding nine others, officials announced. Providence Police Department Chief Col.

Police responded to an active shooter situation Saturday at Brown University near an engineering building on the Providence campus, according to the school’s alert system.

Around 2,000 students were relocated to safe locations overnight, she said, adding that she was "deeply moved" by students and locals who opened up their homes, Paxson said.