PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island >> Law enforcement personnel detained a “person of interest” who was found in a Rhode Island hotel after the Brown University shooting that left two students dead and nine wounded at the Ivy League school as students took exams before winter break, authorities said on Sunday.

Dec. 14 (UPI) -- A person of interest has been detained after a shooter opened fire on Brown University's campus Saturday, killing two people and injuring at least eight others.

Providence police have detained a "person of interest" in connection with the Brown University shooting that left two students dead and another nine people wounded at the US Ivy League school.

A "person of interest" was detained early Sunday morning in the shooting at Brown University and the lockdown at the school was lifted. 

Nine others were injured in the incident.

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The school released several new updates overnight.

A person of interest was in custody Sunday after a shooting during final exams at Brown University that killed two students and wounded nine others, though key questions remained unanswered nearly 24 hours after the attack. The attack Saturday afternoon set off hours of chaos across the Ivy League campus and surrounding Providence neighborhoods as hundreds of officers searched for the shooter and urged students and staff to shelter in place. Col. Oscar Perez, the Providence police chief, said Sunday afternoon that the person in custody was in their 20s and that no one has been charged yet.

A person of interest was in custody early Sunday in connection with a shooting at Brown University that killed two students and injured nine more the previous day, Mayor Brett Smiley of Providence, Rhode Island, said. The person was an...