A person of interest was taken into custody overnight in connection with the fatal shooting at Brown University, according to Kristy DosReis, a spokesperson for the Providence Police Department.The person in custody was caught based on a tip to law enforcement, a source with knowledge of the investigation told ABC News.A federal source told ABC News the person was only being called a person of interest at this point -- but added that they were confident they were on the right track.The person in custody is not a student at the university, sources familiar with the situation said.
Police during a press conference declined to detail where the person in custody had been detained.Law enforcement officials walk in a neighborhood near Brown University in Providence, R.I., on Dec.13, 2025.Steven Senne/APThe arrest followed a fatal mass shooting on Saturday on the school's East Side campus.
Two students were shot and killed and another nine were transported to local hospitals with injuries amid a day of "devastating gun violence," Christina H.Paxson, the university's president, said in a statement posted just prior to 2 a.m.
ET."Our hearts go out to them.This is a day of tremendous sorrow," Paxson said.
"No parent or family member should ever have to endure a day like this."Eight of the nine who had been injured remained in the hospital on Sunday morning, officials said, adding that seven of them were in stable condition and one was in critical but stable condition.This video grab from a CCTV footage released by the Providence Police Department shows the suspect in the Brown University shooting walking along a road near the campus in Providence on Dec.13, 2025.Handout/Providence Police Department/AFP via Getty ImagesBrown University shooting: Police release video of 'person of interest' as manhunt continuesA shelter-in-place order that had been put into effect for the university's College Hill campus was lifted early Sunday by Providence Police, the school said in a 5...