PROVIDENCE: At least two people were killed and eight others injured after a gunman dressed in black opened fire at Brown University on Saturday, during final examinations on the Ivy League campus, authorities said.

Police officers spread out across the campus and into an affluent neighborhood lined with historic brick homes, searching classrooms, backyards and porches after the shooting erupted.

The suspect was a male in dark clothing who was last seen leaving the engineering building where the attack happened, said Timothy O'Hara, Deputy Chief of Police.

Authorities believe the shooter used a handgun, according to a law enforcement official familiar with the investigation who spoke on condition of anonymity as the probe remains ongoing.

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