CNN’s John Berman Interviews Son on Surviving Brown University Shooting: ‘I Didn’t Want to Spread Any Fear’

Sean James Dec 14th, 2025, 4:15 pm

CNN host John Berman interviewed his son, Joe, on Sunday after the young man spent Saturday night sheltering in place at Brown University as an active shooter killed two people and wounded nine others — an attack that sent the campus into lockdown for several hours.

“Joe doesn’t go to Brown, but happened to pick last night to visit one of his best friends who does go here,” Berman began.

Joe Berman explained that he met his friend at the library and was preparing to sign in.

“And right in front of us, talking to a different library clerk was was a woman who was very sad on the phone. Her friend had just seen someone lying on the ground

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