"In a statement on Sunday night, Brown officials said, quote, "Local police have advised they do not believe there is any immediate threat to Brown or the local community," unquote. The shooting occurred on Saturday shortly after 4 p.m., when a masked gunman opened fire inside a lecture hall filled with about 60 students. The campus was placed on lockdown as a manhunt began. Twelve hours later, a suspect was detained near the Providence airport in a hotel."
"Her best friend was killed in the shooting, and she had selected Brown University for Rhode Island's strong gun control laws. Now she has survived yet another school shooting. "Physically and emotionally, a school shooting takes your whole life and flips it upside down," says Tretta, who criticizes politicians who refuse to enact meaningful gun reform. "We know that every single act of gun violence is 100% preventable.""
A mass shooting at Brown University on Saturday afternoon left two students dead and nine others injured. A masked gunman opened fire inside a lecture hall of about 60 students, prompting a campus lockdown and a manhunt; a suspect was detained near the Providence airport about twelve hours later. A person of interest had been detained and released. Gun Violence Archive records 391 mass shootings this year, including at least 75 school shootings. Survivor Mia Tretta, previously shot in 2019, described the lifelong impact of school shootings and urged meaningful gun reform, calling every act of gun violence preventable.
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