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Freshman Ansel Edison took refuge in the science building. He had to let the police into the building.
The Buffalo Bills are in Providence for a potential AFC East championship game against the New England Patriots at Gillette Stadium on Sunday.
“The Patriots and Bills have been in contact since news of the shooting first broke,” The Athletic reported, adding that the Bills remained in a downtown hotel about a mile from campus after a gunman shot 10 people Saturday afternoon, killing two and injuring several others.
The gunman is not yet in police custody and more than 400 police officers are in Providence to assist in the investigation, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley said. As of 10 p.m., a shelter-in-place order remains in place in Providence.
Brown University’s Department of Public Safety issued a campus-wide alert at 4:22 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 13, urging students and staff to run, hide, and (as a last resort) fight due to the presence of an “active shooter.”
The Patriots are scheduled to play the Bills at 1 p.m. Sunday at Gillette Stadium, about 40 miles southwest of Providence.
The Patriots posted a statement on social media at 7:09 p.m., saying the team was “heartbroken by the horrific events at Brown University” and expressed “our deepest sympathies to those affected and their families.”
