A student at Brown University on Monday recounted the moments he heard gunshots and had to immediately evacuate the building during the tragic shooting that took two lives.
Tristan Keyser-Parker told “CNN News Central” that he was attending a principles of economics review session on Saturday when he heard a “commotion” coming from a room approximately 100 feet away from his location. He then got a phone call from a friend who told him to get out of the engineering building.
“So, from my perspective, what happened was I heard some kind of commotion, and then I heard someone yelling that there was an intruder, and we had to get out. I got a phone call about 20 seconds after that from a friend who was like, get out of the engineering building. He said that he heard what he thought were maybe shots while he was in the lobby. It had run upstairs,” Keyser-Parker said.
“So, [we] just tried to organize all of everyone, especially the underclassmen, and me and the other captains of the car team. That was a lot of people in there. Just tried to get everyone calmly, but quickly, out the back entrance of the building and out onto the street,” Keyser-Parker continued.
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The shooting killed Ella Cook, a sophomore student and vice president of the Brown College Republicans, and Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, an Uzbek national. A manhunt is currently underway to locate the shooter after authorities released the initial person of interest on Monday. Nine others were injured in the incident.
An instructor at Brown University, 21-year-old Joseph Oduro, told The New York Times that he was wrapping up his economics study session when the shooting broke out, prompting him and 20 other students to hide behind a desk. He stated that he heard the gunman shout “something,” but that he could piece together exactly what was stated.
Six hours later, Brown University President Christina Paxson did not have knowledge of basic details about the shooting, including whether they were in a club meeting or taking exams.
Democratic Providence Mayor Brett Smiley said there is no immediate threat to the residents of the city and that a shelter-in-place is not recommended at this time.
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