This PhD student at Brown was grinding away in an engineering lab when the active shooter alert blasted his phone, and he ended up hiding under a desk in the dark for hours while cops swept the campus. The gunman killed two people and hurt at least nine others in a first-floor classroom at the Barus and Holley building before bouncing. More than 400 law enforcement officers swarmed the area with armored vehicles and helicopters circling overhead, but the shooter was still at large by late that night.
The East Side of Providence went from cozy Christmas vibes to absolute chaos with sirens everywhere and armed cops posted up on every corner. Students who were just trying to finish finals got stuck sheltering in place with zero information except sketchy social media posts. The building doors were unlocked for exams, so basically anyone could have walked in. One tea shop owner started housing displaced students at a nearby apartment complex because kids were getting kicked out by police without their coats into the freezing night.
The East Side of Providence went from cozy Christmas vibes to absolute chaos with sirens everywhere and armed cops posted up on every corner. Students who were just trying to finish finals got stuck sheltering in place with zero information except sketchy social media posts. The building doors were unlocked for exams, so basically anyone could have walked in. One tea shop owner started housing displaced students at a nearby apartment complex because kids were getting kicked out by police without their coats into the freezing night.
