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Multiple victims reported after active shooter at Brown University

Law enforcement officials gathered outside the Brown University campus. (AP: Kimberlee Kruesi)

Multiple people have been shot at Brown University in the United States, according to police, who are responding to reports of an active shooter on campus. 

Police did not immediately release details about the victims’ conditions or the circumstances of the shooting.

Officials initially said a suspect was in custody, before saying that was not in fact the case and police were still searching for a suspect or suspects.

The incident was reported near the Barus & Holley building, a seven-storey structure that houses the School of Engineering and Physics Department, according to the school's website.

Live updates: Suspect in custody after reported shooter near Brown University

The shooter remains at large after the university reversed an earlier alert that said that one person was in custody.

Brown University said on its website a short time ago that the situation remains ongoing.

"Situation remains ongoing. Continue to shelter in place. Law enforcement on site," it said on its website in an update at 5:52 p.m.

Agents from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are responding to Brown University, the agency’s Boston field office said.

“ATF agents are responding to the Brown University active shooter incident,” ATF Boston said on X.

Brown University's Barus & Holley building, in the area where authorities have warned of an active shooter, houses the institution's engineering and physics departments.

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