Two Victims Revealed in the Providence Campus Attack as Police Press On With Manhunt for Killer.
Both young individuals who were killed in the weekend's violent attack on the university campus had tributes paid to them on Monday – while an intensive search for their killer carried on following the discharge by Rhode Island officials of the only individual detained in connection in the case.
Remembering Ella Cook
The young woman Ella Cook, a second-year scholar from Alabama, was called “an amazing, stable, pious, radiant soul”, as stated by the Birmingham's Cathedral Church of the Advent, which honored her memory at a gathering on Sunday.
She served as second-in-command of Brown’s branch of the campus GOP group, as the club stated. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt also shared condolences publicly, stating: “Words cannot express. Thinking of her kin and peers, particularly her mother and father.”
An International Student
The other deceased individual was an Uzbek national named MukhammadAziz Umurzokov, a citizen of Uzbekistan in his first year of studies at the Ivy League university, family members said.
Umurzokov’s identity was officially acknowledged by the foreign office of Uzbekistan.
“He possessed remarkable kindness, humor, and intelligence. He had big dreams of entering the field of neurosurgery and aiding others,” Samira Umurzokova, his sister said in a memorial statement.
Details of the Attack
An additional nine individuals were hurt in Saturday’s attack in the engineering department of Brown’s university in Providence, during the institution's end-of-term tests.
Officials stated by the end of Sunday that a man aged 24 arrested in a search at a hotel about around 27 kilometers from the scene earlier in the day was being released.
“We have a murderer out there,” said the state's top prosecutor, Peter Neronha.
He added, “Occasionally a probe goes down a path, and then you have to regroup and head another way, and this is precisely what occurred over the last day or so.”
Community Anxiety
Providence’s mayor, Brett Smiley, admitted: “We know that this is likely to cause fresh anxiety for our city”.
The shooter discharged a weapon inside a room in the building on over the weekend, discharging in excess of 40 shots from a 9mm pistol, a authority informed the Associated Press.
Police that searched the lodging found two firearms and magazines when the individual was taken into custody, according to reports.
The Wounded Victims
Among those wounded, a single scholar was discharged from care, said Christina Paxson, Christina Paxson. An additional seven were in grave but unchanging health, and one was in critical condition, officials reported on Sunday.
Durham Academy, a independent school in Durham, North Carolina, said a former student, Kendall Turner, was among those critically wounded.
Additional Memorials
Tributes were paid to Cook at a memorial in Birmingham on Sunday. A reverend stated, “She was an incredible, grounded, faithful bright light not only here growing up... but at Brown University she was a shining example in that particular place as well.”
A group leader, Martin Bertao, released remarks from the group. “She was famed for her fearless, heroic, and gentle spirit as she worked for her branch and other students,” he said.
Jonathan Henick, Jonathan Henick, said he was “deeply saddened” by Umurzokov’s death in a message. “We extend our sincere condolences to the Umurzokov family, friends, and schoolmates and lament the passing of his bright future.”
Wider Picture
The fatal shooting at Brown, the nation’s seventh-oldest college with about 7,300 undergraduate and 3,000 graduate students, happened during one of at least nearly 400 mass shootings recorded nationally so far in 2025, according to records. That Monday marked the 349th day of the year.