Police early Sunday apprehended a person of interest in a mass shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island that killed two students and wounded nine others preparing for final exams.

Providence Mayor Brett Smiley announced a man still believed to be in his 30s was detained but offered no details details in his identity or where he was apprehended.

But police in Coventry, R.I., about 20 miles away from the shooting scene confirmed to local TV station WPRI that they assisted the FBI in the apprehension at a hotel in their community about 3:45 AM on Saturday.

“This is exactly the kind of collaboration that we train for and that we hope for,” Smiley told a news conference. “Our partnership with the FBI, with the state police, and obviously, the heroic actions of the Providence police have brought us to this point.”

The mayor confirmed that a shelter in place order which had been issued after the shooting occurred late Saturday afternoon has now been lifted. 

Police spent hours conducting a massive manhunt Saturday night for a man dressed in black clothing seen on security video leaving an engineering school building where the shooting occurred.

Two students were killed, eight victims were shot and a ninth student was wounded with shrapnel, Smiley said.

Authorities said at least 400 police officers from  local, state and federal agencies had joined the manhunt and the probe.

Authorities said the shooting occurred in one classroom at an engineering school building as students were preparing for final exams. They said the outer door of the building was unlocked because exams were ongoing. 

The Providence, R.I., university is part of the Ivy League. It has about 7,000 students.

Ben Whedon is the Chief Political Correspondent at Just the News. Follow him on X.