President Donald Trump said he has been briefed on the shooting at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, where at least two people were killed, and eight others were critically injured Saturday afternoon.

"I have been briefed on the shooting that took place at Brown University in Rhode Island. The FBI is on the scene. The suspect is in custody. God bless the victims and the families of the victims!" Trump wrote at 5:44 p.m. on Truth Social.

However, Trump walked back his statement just moments later after university police reversed their earlier report. "The Brown University Police reversed their previous statement — The suspect is NOT in custody," he posted at 6:03 p.m. on his social media platform.

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