PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Khimari Manns was relaxing in the wrestling room at Brown University when he was first alerted to an active shooter situation unfolding on campus.

Manns, who hails from Ohio, was unaware that his roommate was present at the Barus and Holley building during the chaos. It wasn’t until a friend of his roommate reached out that Manns realized something was amiss.

“I sensed that something was off, so I sent him a text, but he didn’t reply,” Manns recounted. His concerns were later confirmed when he learned from Nexstar’s WPRI that his roommate, a freshman neuroscience student from Virginia, was tragically one of two students who had been shot and killed. Authorities have yet to release the identities of the victims involved in the shooting that occurred on Saturday.

“It doesn’t feel real,” Manns expressed. “I’m still trying to process it.”

“It doesn’t feel real,” Manns said. “I haven’t processed it yet.”

Manns said the last time he saw his roommate was right before he left to spend time with his friends.

“I was in the room doing some work,” Manns recalled. “We were just talking about Pac-Man.”

Manns described his roommate as “a ball of joy.”

“He raised everybody else up, and he was just always there,” he said.

Manns said he hid in the wrestling room until officers found him and escorted him out. He stayed with friends overnight and returned to their room on Sunday afternoon.

“It felt like there was a ghost,” Manns said, referring to the first time he walked into the room. “It sucked.”

Manns said he will miss his roommate’s smile the most.

“I could be frustrated over my assignments … then he’d come in and cheer me up,” Manns said.

Though he still doesn’t know exactly what happened to his roommate, Manns said his death will have a profound impact.

“Brown is grieving. I am grieving,” Manns said. “His soul reverberated throughout the community.”

None of the 11 victims of the shooting have been identified. Police said a person of interest was taken into custody at a hotel in Coventry early Sunday morning, but no one has been charged so far.