‘We just all wanted to survive’: Teaching assistant recalls chaos amid gunfire at Brown University

A Brown University teaching assistant is recalling the terrifying moment after a gunman burst into the classroom where he was leading an economics assessment session and started shooting He was shooting and the first couple gunshots went right into the chalkboard exactly where I was standing so who knows if I didn t duck maybe I m not here in the modern day Joseph Oduro reported adding that various of the students scambled to the safety of the desk in the front of the room The desk is maybe ten feet or so and we all just hitd behind it as bast that we could he stated There wasn t that much space but we all desired to make do because at the end of the day we just all required to survive Oduro stated the gunman had a message to send but he couldn t tell what it was He came in pointed the gun and then he screamed something and I don t know what he stated and none of the other students know what he mentioned but then he just started shooting right after that from that moment to the first gunshot it was apparently around to seconds he revealed Functionaries say two students were killed and eight others were injured in the shooting A person of interest has since been taken into police custody