Providence Chief of Police Colonel Oscar L. Perez Jr. confirmed that a person of interest in the Brown University mass shooting is now in custody.

University officials decided out of "profound concern for all students, faculty and staff on our campus" after Saturday's deadly shooting.

"I have been briefed on the shooting the took place at Brown University in Rhode Island. The FBI is on the scene," President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social. "God bless the victims and the families of the victims.

At least two people are dead and nine others are wounded after a mass shooting at Brown University. A manhunt is underway for the suspected gunman.

It’s when finals loom, suitcases start appearing in dormitory hallways, and the restaurants along Thayer Street are packed late into the night as students from Brown University and the Rhode Island School of Design study and plan their trips home for holiday break.