STORY: Police in Rhode Island were searching for the suspect in a shooting at Brown University in Providence on Saturday (December 13) in which two people died and eight were critically wounded at the Ivy League school, officials said.

Providence Mayor Brett Smiley told a news conference that police were still searching for the shooter, who struck at Brown's Barus & Holley engineering building, where exams were taking place at the time. Officials said police were looking for a male dressed in black and were scouring local video cameras in the area for footage to get a better description of the suspect.

Smiley said officials could not yet disclose details about the victims, including whether they were students. He lamented the shooting, asking the public to "pray for those families".

Brown is on College Hill in Providence, Rhode Island's state capital. The university has hundreds of buildings, including lecture halls, laboratories and dormitories.

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SHOWS: PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, UNITED STATES (DECEMBER 13, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all) (NIGHT SHOTS)

1. PAN FROM MEDIA TO STREET CLOSED OFF BY POLICE TAPE WITH POLICE VEHICLES AND EMERGENCY LIGHTS IN BACKGROUND

2. AUTHORITIES WALKING TOWARD AMBULANCES

3. EMERGENCY LIGHTS ON POLICE CARS SHINING IN THE NIGHT

4. POLICE CARS BEHIND YELLOW POLICE TAPE

5. POLICE VEHICLE OUTSIDE UNIVERSITY BUILDING

6. PAN OF POLICE VEHICLES LINING STREET

7. POLICE OFFICERS WALKING DOWN STREET

8. STREET WITH POLICE LIGHTS IN REAR

9. POLICE OFFICERS WALKING TOWARD POLICE LIGHTS IN REAR

SHOWS: PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, UNITED STATES (DECEMBER 13, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)

1. BROWN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS GETTING OFF BUS AND WALKING TOWARDS UNIVERSITY FITNESS CENTER BUILDINGS

2. EXTERIOR OF BROWN UNIVERSITY NELSON FITNESS CENTER / POLICE VEHICLES

3. AMBULANCE PARKED ON STREET NEAR BROWN CAMPUS

4. EXTERIOR OF BROWN UNIVERSITY NELSON FITNESS CENTER / POLICE VEHICLES