Nine others were injured when a gunman opened fire at the university in Providence, Rhode Island, on Saturday. Police confirmed on Sunday a person had been detained , and an earlier order for people on the Brown campus and surrounding areas to shelter had been lifted. Providence Mayor Brett Smiley said seven people remained in stable condition, one of them was in critical but stable condition, and another was discharged. The suspect was arrested at a hotel overnight and is not a student at Brown, a law enforcement source told the BBC's US partner, CBS News.

The gunman opened fire in a classroom at around 16:00 local time (21:00 GMT) on Saturday at the Holley engineering building at the eastern end of Brown's campus, according to officials. The identities of those killed or injured have not yet been released, but Brown University President Christina Paxson told reporters in a press briefing on Saturday that all the victims, including those killed and wounded, were students.

In a statement released by the university on Sunday, Paxson said that some areas of campus were still restricted as police continued their investigations.  Around 2,000 students were relocated to safe locations overnight, she said, adding that she was "deeply moved" by students and locals who opened up their homes, Paxson said. She added that the families of the two students killed were being supported. "There are not enough words of comfort for families who lose a child, but we will do all we can," she said. (BBC)