Overview
- Two people were killed and nine injured in a Dec. 13 shooting inside a Brown University engineering building during final exams.
- Providence police said a person of interest in their 20s was detained and later released, and authorities have not identified or apprehended the shooter.
- Brown President Christina Paxon said one injured person has been discharged and most remaining patients are in critical but stable condition.
- At a White House holiday reception, President Trump offered condolences, saying “things can happen,” and also referenced deadly attacks in Australia and Syria, promising “big damage” in response to the Syria incident.
- Criticism followed Trump’s phrasing, including a “No words” post from California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s press office, as national attention returned to gun policy; the Gun Violence Archive counts at least 389 U.S. mass shootings this year.