The Providence Police Department responded to a shots-fired call on Monday morning that turned out to be a boiler backfiring.

Providence police and federal law enforcement are continuing their search for the suspect in a deadly Brown University shooting that left two people dead and nine wounded.

Major attractions in Providence are taking a closer look at their security plans in the wake of the fatal shooting at Brown University.

A hazy surveillance video released by the Providence Police Department showing a person of interest in the Brown University mass shooting has drawn criticism and ridicule on social media, with some users mockingly saying “Bigfoot would be easier to find.”

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

East Providence schools will have heightened police presence, Mayor Bob DaSilva announced Sunday night. The announcement came after authorities in Providence announced that the person-of-interest connected with the Brown University shooting was being released. In a post on social media, the mayor said that the move was “in an abundance of caution.”