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Police say they have arrested a person of interest in yesterday's Brown University shooting

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By Ayesha Rascoe,

Ian Donnis

Published December 14, 2025 at 8:01 AM EST

Two people were killed and nine injured in a shooting at Brown University in Providence, R.I., on Saturday afternoon.

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Ayesha Rascoe is a White House correspondent for NPR. She is currently covering her third presidential administration. Rascoe's White House coverage has included a number of high profile foreign trips, including President Trump's 2019 summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi, Vietnam, and President Obama's final NATO summit in Warsaw, Poland in 2016. As a part of the White House team, she's also a regular on the NPR Politics Podcast.

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