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Active Shooter Alert at Brown Engineering Building
13 Dec, 2025
Summary
- Brown University issued an active shooter alert for an engineering building.
- Students and faculty were instructed to lock down and hide.
- A suspect has been taken into custody by authorities.
An emergency alert was issued for an engineering building at Brown University on Saturday evening, placing the campus on high alert. Students and faculty within the Barus and Holley engineering building were instructed to lock their doors, silence their phones, and seek shelter immediately.
The university's Department of Public Safety, in conjunction with the Providence Police Department, responded to the situation. In a subsequent update, the university announced that a suspect had been taken into custody. No information regarding any potential victims has been provided at this time.
The alert specified the Barus and Holley building, a significant 220,000-square-foot facility on campus. The situation was developing, with the university promising further updates as they became available.
