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Deadly Attacks in Rhode Island and Australia

Velshi

MS NOW, Ali Velshi

News, Ms Now, News Commentary, Ali Velshi, Versant, Politics, Versant Media, Government, Weekend News

4.7793 Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Ali Velshi is joined by MS NOW’s Maya Eaglin, Rep. Seth Magaziner (D-RI), Brown University student Jack Diprimio, Brady senior adviser Fred Guttenberg, Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI), MS NOW’s David Rohde

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0:00.0

Good morning. It's Sunday, December 14th. We're following breaking news this hour out of Providence, Rhode Island. Two people were killed and nine others were injured during a shooting last night on the campus of Brown University. As of this morning, seven of the injured are in stable condition. One is in critical but stable condition,

0:21.6

and one has been discharged from the hospital. Just this morning, local law enforcement

0:25.5

detained a person of interest, a male in his 30s, who was caught in this video, dressed

0:30.7

all in black. The investigation into the shooting is still ongoing, but the city's shelter

0:35.0

in place has been lifted. During this morning's latest update from city officials, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley

0:40.5

spoke about the sad reality for both students and city officials of being prepared for an event like this.

0:47.5

Any of us in leadership capacities have had to think about this.

0:53.7

We have a generation of kids

0:55.7

who have done active shooter trainings.

0:58.4

That was not something I had to do when I was a kid.

1:02.1

And we all...

1:06.0

I think maybe intellectually,

1:08.2

we knew it could happen anywhere, including here,

1:14.0

but that's not the same as it happening in our community.

1:20.4

And so this is an incredibly upsetting and emotional time.

1:28.1

The shooter opened fire in a classroom on the first floor of the University Engineering and Physics Building where an economics class was taking place. Some students sought refuge in a campus library where they remained

1:33.3

barricaded for hours. Brown University sophomore, Isaac Dahan, was one of those students. MS now spoke

1:39.6

with him after the shooting. We were barricaded for about like seven hours

1:45.8

and the first couple of hours

1:47.7

there's a lot of like stages of just

1:49.5

there's fear, obviously,

1:52.5

a lot of worry.

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