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Providence Officials to Hold Surprise 10:30 p.m. News Conference About Brown Shooting
Community members held a candlelight vigil to honor two students killed and nine injured in the shooting, with classes canceled and city officials attending, officials said.
- A shooting at Brown University on Dec. 13 killed two students and injured nine, and a candlelight vigil was held Dec. 14 at Lippitt Memorial Park in Providence.
- During final exams, gunfire erupted in the Barus & Holley building, prompting a lockdown that stretched into Saturday night before authorities lifted it early Sunday as students emerged.
- Hundreds gathered Dec. 14 at Lippitt Park, where elected officials and religious leaders lit candles, sang Amazing Grace, and prayed as Rabbi Sarah Mack said, `We gather this evening in stunned grief, in stunned shock.`
- Brown University announced canceled exams and classes following the shooting, while city leaders offered online mental-health resources as investigators and FBI continued their probe.
- Organizers converted a planned holiday lighting into a vigil, with Providence Mayor Brett Smiley urging the Hanukkah light as a symbol and Rabbi Sarah Mack saying `We gather this evening in stunned grief, in stunned shock`.
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‘One of Providence’s darkest times’: Brown community for candlelight vigil after mass shooting on campus - Boston News, Weather, Sports
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WHDH) - The Brown University community gathered with local leaders for a candlelight vigil Sunday, one day after a gunman opened fire in
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Hundreds gather for vigil in wake of mass shooting at Brown University
A Sunday vigil brought together elected and religious leaders, along with students and families, lighting candles and singing Amazing Grace, to mourn, honor, and simply be together 24 hours after Saturday’s mass shooting at Brown University.
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