Soon after, community members were alerted that a suspect was in custody, though the campus remained locked down.

Police placed the Flanagan Campus of the Community College of Rhode Island on lockdown Thursday evening after reports of a person with a handgun on the premises. Authorities responded to the Lincoln campus after receiving reports of an armed individual,

Community College of Rhode Island lifted its lockdown after a suspect was put into custody. A lockdown was put into place Thursday afternoon at the CCRI Lincoln campus. CCRI officials said in a message to the school community that a suspect is in custody.