Nine others injured in Saturday attack that occurred during finals in engineering building in Providence, Rhode Island

• Brown University shooting – latest updates

A person of interest in the shooting that killed two people and wounded nine others at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, on Saturday evening has been detained, police have said.

Col Oscar Perez – the Providence police force’s chief – confirmed at a news conference early Sunday that the person of interest was in their 30s. Perez did not provide many other details about the person, including whether that person was connected to Brown.