A list of deadly shootings on college campuses in the US

A shooting Saturday astatine Brown University successful Providence, Rhode Island, near 2 radical dormant and astatine slightest 8 different critically injured. Authorities were inactive searching for a fishy successful the hours afterward.

The shooting occurred connected a Saturday day successful a field gathering with last exams underway. The fishy was dressed successful achromatic and near the gathering connected foot, officials said.

The unit prompted a shelter-in-place bid for the larger assemblage area. Providence Mayor Brett Smiley said “we person each disposable resources” to find the suspect.

“Sadly, contiguous is simply a time that the metropolis of Providence and the authorities of Rhode Island prayed would ne'er come,” the politician said. “We've heard astir horrific acts of weapon unit and progressive shooter situations successful different places, but not here.”

Brown is simply a backstage instauration with astir 7,300 undergraduate students and much than 3,000 postgraduate students.

Here is simply a look astatine different deadly shootings connected U.S. assemblage campuses successful caller decades:

KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY: December 2025, 1 dead

A shooting astatine a residence hallway astatine the nationalist historically Black assemblage near 1 pupil dormant and different critically injured. The suspect, who is simply a genitor of a student, faces execution and battle charges.

UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY: September 2025, 1 dead

Conservative activistic Charlie Kirk was changeable and killed portion speaking connected field during 1 of his governmental events, sending hundreds of radical running. A 22-year-old fishy faces aggravated execution successful transportation with Kirk's death. Prosecutors program to question the decease penalty.

FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY: April 2025, 2 dead

Two died and six were wounded successful a shooting astatine Florida State University successful Tallahassee. A 21-year-old antheral has been charged with 2 counts of first-degree execution and 7 counts of attempted first-degree execution successful transportation with the shooting.

UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, LAS VEGAS: December 2023, 3 dead

A 67-year-old erstwhile concern professor, whose applications to thatch astatine UNLV had been rejected, opened occurrence successful the gathering lodging the university's concern school, sidesplitting 3 professors and severely wounding a fourth. The gunman was killed successful a shootout with constabulary extracurricular the building.

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY: February 2023, 3 dead

A 43-year-old gunman fired wrong an world gathering and the pupil union, sidesplitting 3 students and injuring 5 others. He aboriginal killed himself miles distant from the field successful East Lansing portion being confronted by police.

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: November 2022, 3 dead

A pupil and erstwhile subordinate of the school’s shot squad fatally changeable 3 existent players aboard a charter autobus arsenic they returned from a tract trip, mounting disconnected panic and a 12-hour lockdown of the field until the fishy was captured. Two different students were besides wounded connected the campus. The shooter has pleaded blameworthy to first-degree execution and different charges and is awaiting sentencing.

NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY: October 2015, 1 dead

Just weeks into his freshman year, a pupil walked onto the field successful Flagstaff and opened fire. One pupil was killed and 3 others were wounded successful the archetypal deadly shooting since the assemblage was founded successful 1899. The shooter aboriginal pleaded blameworthy to manslaughter and aggravated battle and was sentenced to six years successful prison.

UMPQUA COMMUNITY COLLEGE: October 2015, 9 dead

A 26-year-old antheral opened occurrence connected his penning class, sidesplitting his teacher and 8 different radical astatine the schoolhouse successful agrarian Roseburg, Oregon. Nine much radical were besides wounded. The shooter past killed himself.

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA: May 2014, 6 dead

A 22-year-old assemblage pupil frustrated implicit intersexual rejections fatally stabbed oregon changeable six students adjacent the schoolhouse successful Isla Vista, California, and injured respective others earlier helium killed himself.

SANTA MONICA COLLEGE: June 2013, 6 dead

A deadly enactment of home unit astatine location turned nationalist erstwhile a 23-year-old antheral near aft sidesplitting his begetter and older brother, carjacked a pistillate and changeable astatine different vehicles. He past entered the field wherever helium had antecedently been enrolled arsenic a pupil and opened fire, sidesplitting 4 much radical earlier helium was fatally changeable by constabulary successful the school's library.

OIKOS UNIVERSITY: April 2012, 7 dead

A erstwhile nursing pupil fatally changeable 7 radical astatine the tiny backstage assemblage successful East Oakland, California. He was fixed 7 consecutive beingness sentences and died successful situation successful 2019.

NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY: February 2008, 5 dead

A 27-year-old erstwhile pupil changeable and killed 5 radical and wounded much than 20 others astatine the schoolhouse successful DeKalb, Illinois, earlier sidesplitting himself.

VIRGINIA TECH: April 2007, 32 dead

In the deadliest shooting astatine a U.S. college, a 23-year-old pupil killed 32 radical connected the field successful Blacksburg, Virginia. More than 2 twelve others were wounded. The gunman past killed himself.

UNIVERSITY OF IOWA: November 1991, 5 dead

A erstwhile postgraduate pupil upset that his doctoral dissertation wasn't nominated for an world grant fatally changeable himself aft sidesplitting 5 radical and injuring 1 different idiosyncratic successful a shooting spree connected the field successful Iowa City.

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS: August 1966, 13 dead

A Marine-trained sniper opened occurrence from atop the 27-story timepiece operation successful the bosom of the university's flagship Austin field successful 1 of the nation's archetypal wide shootings. He killed 13 radical and wounded much than 30 others earlier authorities changeable and killed him.

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