GOP Student Leader Killed at Brown

A churchgoing, young Republican leader was among the victims killed during the shooting at Brown University on Saturday.

Ella Cook, a Brown sophomore from Alabama and vice president of the Brown College Republicans, was identified as one of the two people killed when a gunman opened fire in the Barus & Holley Engineering and Physics Building during final exams, according to multiple reports.

Authorities said nine others were injured. Police have not announced a motive, and a “person of interest” detained Sunday was later released.

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