The Providence Journal reports the shooter is not yet in custody Saturday night, and the campus remains on lockdown.
It is unknown how the shooter entered the Barus Brown and Holley Engineering Building at 184 Hope Street, but it is known that he exited onto the Hope Street side.
University President Christina H. Paxson said a person had been taken into custody, but after questioning was determined to not be the shooter.
Authorities are working to identify the two people killed in the shooting,
Rhode Island Hospital said in a news release that it has eight patients:
Mike Kennedy has been writing about education forAmerican School & Universitysince 1999. He also has reported on schools and other topics for The Chicago Tribune, The Kansas City Star, The Kansas City Times and City News Bureau of Chicago. He is a graduate of Michigan State University.