Multiple people were shot Saturday in the area of Brown University, police said, as the Ivy League school issued an active shooter alert and urged students and staff to take shelter during the second day of final exams.

Two people are believed dead and as many as 20 are hurt, three senior law enforcement officials briefed on the investigation tell NBC News . This is preliminary information with an active situation and investigation underway. It is not clear if all the injuries are from gunfire

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University officials initially told students and staff that a suspect was in custody, before later saying that was not the case and that police were still searching for a suspect or suspects, according to alerts issued thro

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