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An active shooter was reported at Brown University on Saturday, Dec. 13

The situation remained ongoing as of 5:52 p.m. local time, according to the school

Providence Police announced that "multiple people" were shot in the incident

There is an active shooter at Brown University.

The Providence, R.I., college first announced that there was an active shooter near Barus & Holley, a computer lab and engineering building on campus, shortly after 4 p.m. local time on Saturday, Dec. 13. “Lock doors, silence phones and [stay] hidden until further notice,” the university instructed in an alert on its website .

Shortly after, officials falsely stated that a suspect was in custody, but said in a follow-up alert minutes later that no suspects were in custody, according to ABC New

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