Last Saturday, two people were killed and nine others wounded at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, after a gunman dressed in black entered the Ivy League school's engineering building during final exams and began firing.

It was supposed to be a joyful event. But a Christmas tree and menorah lighting scheduled for late Sunday afternoon at Lippitt Memorial Park was turned into a vigil for the victims of Saturday’s shooting at Brown University.

With the Brown University shooter still at large, several schools in Providence have canceled school on Monday, Dec. 15.

God “draws near to us in our suffering,” local pastor Scott Axtmann preached after Saturday’s deadly attack. Area ministries were active too.

At the University of Rhode Island (URI), where final exams are supposed to end this Wednesday, Dec. 17, all in-person exams have been canceled for today, Monday, Dec. 15. Online exams will take place as planned, and all in-person exams will be rescheduled, the school said in a campus-wide alert.

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.

According to the Providence Police Department, officers responded to the area of 34 Ashmont Street at approximately 10:24 p.m. and located an adult male suffering from a gunshot wound. The victim had been shot in the foot and a second person was also at the scene, according to police.

Gov. Dan McKee said that President Donald Trump was very "empathetic" on the phone as they talked about the university shooting.

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.