A chilling text message sent by a Brown University student to his mother during a mass shooting on campus has surfaced on social media, capturing the fear and chaos that unfolded at the Ivy League school during final exams.“Text I get from my son is that mom, there’s a live shooting on campus, I’m going to run, I love you,” the mother of the student could be heard saying in the audio clip. “We have been texting and I am getting live updates from him,” she said.“He is in a supply closet room on campus,” she said and went on to describe the shooting scene. “They have turned off the lights, put chairs on their doors. One of the classmates is having a panic attack. Her friends are trying to keep her quiet, so no sounds are made,” she said.The shooting took place on Saturday at Brown University’s Providence campus in Rhode Island. Authorities said a shooter dressed in black opened fire, killing at least two people and injuring eight others.Brown University senior and biochemistry student Alex Bruce was working on a final research project in his dorm across the street from the affected building when he heard sirens and received an alert about an active shooter shortly after 4pm. Describing the tense moments that followed, Bruce said, “I’m just in here shaking,” as he watched armed officers in tactical gear surround his dorm, adding that he feared for a friend he believed was inside the engineering building at the time, news agency AP reported.“Everyone is the same as me, shocked and terrified that something like this happened,” said 20-year-old Mari Camara, who was coming out of the library and rushed inside a taqueria to seek shelter.After receiving an alert about the shooting, students in a nearby laboratory took cover under desks and switched off the lights, AP cited engineering doctoral student Chiangheng Chien as saying, who was roughly a block from the scene.The attack triggered a large-scale emergency response, with students urged to shelter in place as police searched for the suspect.Law enforcement officials said the incident occurred amid final examinations, adding to the panic as students and faculty scrambled for safety.
