A gunman was on the run after opening fire at Brown University, killing two

A gunman was on the run after opening fire at Brown University, killing two

A gunman killed two people and wounded nine others on Saturday at Brown University, plunging the eastern US campus into lockdown as hundreds of police hunted the suspect late into the night.

The streets around the university in the state of Rhode Island were filled with emergency vehicles hours after the gunfire at a building where exams were taking place. 

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