Deadly shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island
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Providence Mayor Brett Smiley has been thrust into the national spotlight following the mass shooting at Brown University that killed two students and injured nine more.
The mayor is trying to assure anxious Providence residents they're safe enough to go about their lives. Here's his response to public criticism.
The mass shooting at Brown University has shoved Providence Mayor Brett Smiley into the national spotlight, causing some people, largely outside of the state to ask who he is.
On the Rhode Island Report podcast, Smiley says there is no sign of an ‘ongoing threat,’ and police presence has been stepped up around the Brown campus with help from outside agencies.
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