Brown University students return to campus following the tragic shooting
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) — Brown University students are returning to campus following the tragic shooting in December.
A little more than a month after a deadly shooting on campus, the Ivy League school and the surrounding community.
The support for one another was certainly present on Wednesday.
The memorial is still standing outside the building where it happened.
City leaders released an action letter that outlined the next steps for new safety measures.
Providence Mayor Brett Smiley said the city hired a third party to take a look at the response along with the investigation, so the city could know what was done well and what could be better.
Brown University also highlighted some changes, as the school announced that there will be more cameras around campus, along with new key card restrictions to access buildings, something the president of Brown was questioned and scrutinized about after the shooting.
The city will also open a resiliency center, where students can receive mental health support, something Smiley hopes will make a huge difference moving forward.
The Providence community is showing they are for the students and they're embracing them in this time of grief.
Signs are set up in front of businesses and homes that read Providence loves Brown.
People said it's a reminder that no matter what, their home away from home here in Providence will always be behind them.
On Wednesday, some of the students NBC 10 spoke with said they felt that support.
One commented that they've never had so many hugs in their life.
As students entered the Barus and Holley building, the facility where the shooting happened, NBC 10 noticed an adjustment- students had to swipe their card s to get inside the building.
