Multiple people have been shot at Brown University in the United States, according to police, who are responding to reports of an active shooter on campus.
Officials initially said a suspect was in custody, before saying that was not in fact the case and police were still searching for a suspect or suspects.
The incident was reported near the Barus & Holley building, a seven-storey structure that houses the School of Engineering and Physics Department, according to the school’s website. It includes 117 laboratories, 150 offices, 15 classrooms and 29 labs.
A police officer warned members of the media to take cover in vehicles because the area was still an active scene.
Officers carrying assault weapons and emergency vehicles lined many of the streets surrounding the engineering school.
Chief public information officer for the city Kristy DosReis said officials were still gathering information from the active scene.
The Ivy League school is a private, nonprofit institution with about 7,300 undergraduates and just over 3,000 graduate students, according to its website.
Saturday was the second day of final exams for the fall semester.
Brown University is a private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island. (AP: Steven Senne)
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