Brown University shooting victim identified as Ella Cook: 'An incredible light'

An Alabama pistillate was among the 2 students killed successful the shooting astatine Brown University connected Saturday, according to her church.

Cathedral Church of the Advent successful Birmingham said Ella Cook, 1 of its parishioners, was killed erstwhile a gunman fired shots wrong a schoolroom connected the field of the assemblage successful Providence, Rhode Island.

"Some of you haven’t heard, a batch of you person heard ... [about] the calamity yesterday astatine Brown University, the shooting of a fig of people," Rev. Craig Smalley said successful a video the religion posted of its Sunday service. "Tragically, 1 of our parishioners, Ella Cook, was 1 of those who was killed yesterday." 

Smalley said that Cook "encouraged and lift[ed] up those astir her."

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A bouquet of flowers rests connected snow, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, connected the field of Brown University not acold from wherever a shooting took place, successful Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

"And those of you who knew her, those of you who cognize her, she was an unthinkable grounded faithful agleam airy … astatine Brown University, she was an unthinkable airy successful that peculiar spot arsenic well."

Cook was a sophomore astatine the university. She was besides vice president of the Brown University College Republicans.

A constabulary conveyance is parked astatine an intersection adjacent transgression country portion astatine Brown University, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, successful Providence, R.I., pursuing a Saturday shooting astatine the university. (Gregory Norman-Diamond/Fox News Digital)

The College Republicans of America posted that it was "devastated" pursuing Cook's death.

"Ella was known for her bold, brave, and benignant bosom arsenic she served her section and her chap classmates," the radical said successful a statement. "Our prayers are with her family, our Brown CR’s, and the entirety of field arsenic they heal from this tragedy."

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The shooting happened wrong a schoolroom successful the Barus and Holley engineering gathering astir 4 p.m. connected Saturday. Two students were killed, and 9 students were wounded. Officials did not instantly merchandise their identities arsenic they worked to notify their families.

The shooting happened wrong a schoolroom successful the Barus and Holley engineering gathering astir 4 p.m. Saturday. Two students were killed, and 9 students were wounded. (Gregory Norman-Diamond/Fox News Digital)

Police announced that a idiosyncratic of involvement was taken into custody aboriginal Sunday morning, though aboriginal that nighttime officials said the idiosyncratic was being released.

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Authorities stay progressive successful their hunt for the killer. Police said surveillance video showing a antheral dressed successful each achromatic is inactive the "most useful" to assistance way down the gunman.