Police renewed their search for the gunman who killed two Brown University students and wounded nine others after they released a person of interest they had detained

A standout student remembered as a "bright light" and an aspiring neurosurgeon described as a "gifted" young scholar were the two victims killed in a shooting at Brown University.

Seven of the victims are in stable condition, one is in critical but stable condition, and another has been discharged from Rhode Island Hospital, officials said.