Brown University shooting latest: Manhunt ongoing for gunman who killed two and injured nine

Police are still searching for a gunman after a shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island late last night.

Two people were killed and nine others injured, seven of whom are listed as critical. 

All or nearly all of the victims are students, according to the university’s president.

The gunman escaped after shooting students in a classroom in the school’s engineering building, where outer doors had been unlocked and exams were taking place.

Detectives are investigating why that location was targeted.

Some students, according to reports in the US, sheltered under their desks for hours. 

There is not believed to be a “specific, ongoing threat” from the suspect, the local mayor said, and police have not yet identified him.

But he is described as male and possibly in his 30s. He was dressed in black and may have worn a mask, though officials aren’t certain.

The university remains in lockdown, with students told to stay indoors.

Stay with us as police continue their search.