Political leaders in Rhode Island and across the country have offered their condolences to those affected by the mass shooting at Brown University.

The shooting occurred in a first-floor classroom of a school engineering building during final exams, authorities said. The gunman remains at large.

History of gun violence on American college campuses includes tragedies across a variety of locales — both rural and urban

"I have been briefed on the shooting the took place at Brown University in Rhode Island. The FBI is on the scene," President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social. "God bless the victims and the families of the victims.

The economics class that was attacked is taught by Rachel Friedberg, a Jewish faculty member who researches the intersection of economics and Jewish studies and who has worked extensively in

The Brown University community was devastated after a deadly shooting at an engineering building left two people dead and eight others wounded.