Posted on 12/15/2025 5:36:23 AM PST by Red Badger
The young woman identified as the first victim killed in Saturday’s deadly shooting at Brown University was Ella Cook, a 19-year-old sophomore and outspoken conservative activist whose death has sent shockwaves through both the campus community and conservative circles nationwide.
Cook, a native of Birmingham, Alabama, was serving as vice president of Brown University’s College Republicans and was widely known for standing firm in her beliefs on one of the most ideologically hostile campuses in the country. Friends say she was thoughtful, kind, and unafraid to express her convictions, even when doing so made her a target for hostility or ridicule.
The shooting unfolded Saturday afternoon inside the Barus & Holley engineering building, where students had gathered for a study session ahead of final exams. According to authorities, a gunman opened fire without warning, killing two students and injuring at least nine others before fleeing the scene. Ella Cook was pronounced dead at the scene, becoming the first confirmed fatality identified by officials.
News of Cook’s death was confirmed publicly during a church service Sunday in Alabama, where clergy described her as a woman of deep faith and character who left a lasting impression on everyone she encountered. Family members and friends remembered her as driven, compassionate, and committed to living out her values with integrity.
As details continue to emerge, serious questions are being raised about campus security failures. Reports indicate that emergency alerts were delayed and warning systems were not immediately activated, leaving students confused and vulnerable during the chaos. Law enforcement initially detained a person of interest but later released him, and as of this writing, the suspect remains at large.
Cook’s death has reignited concerns about the environment conservative students face at elite universities, where dissenting viewpoints are often marginalized or openly targeted. While authorities have not yet established a motive for the attack, critics argue that the broader climate of intolerance toward conservative voices on campus cannot be ignored.
Vigils and memorials have been held both at Brown University and in Cook’s hometown, as classmates and supporters mourn the loss of a promising young leader whose life was cut tragically short. The identity of the second victim has not yet been publicly released.
As investigators continue their search for the shooter, Ella Cook’s name has become a sobering reminder of the growing instability on American campuses — and the real human cost when institutions fail to protect students or foster genuine respect for differing beliefs.
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When do we respond?
It’s not in our psyche to riot, burn, pillage and loot................
Never. We don't have the spine for it. Most would rather just let events take their course and hope it doesn't hit them personally. The end of the empire is soon.
All are responses. None are what I had in mind
This is looking more and more like a targeted attack, Charlie Kirk on a smaller scale/figure.
Imagine committing a school mass shooting and getting away with it?
What a charlie foxtrot.
As I always understood it, the Brown student body is about 95 percent leftist. Odd how they targeted one of the standouts of the remaining 5 percent, isn’t it? God Bless the family of this wonderful young lady.
I heard some azho leftest yesterday who had his brain removed when they gave him a “college attendance certificate” blasting the hell out of MAGAS. Hey slick. Conservatives (MAGAS) are not Party of Death DemonRATS. WE DON’T MURDER OUR OWN THE WAY YOU COMMIE LIBS DO. SICKO. Why don’t you roll your joints in your college attendance certificate. That’s all it’s good for.
Is this why the assassin is still “missing”? He murdered the “right people”, like Luigi Mangione did?
That old “Turn the other cheek” thing always comes into play with us.
My early thought here about her death was whether she was targeted specifically for her conservative beliefs?
At the core of a liberal and the institutions they control is masochism. They welcome and engage people who have made no secret that it is their intent to destroy them.
Just a guess, but I was thinking they found this guy at the motel with guns, but they didn’t match the caliber that was used....................
What’s his face...the FBI director...was crowing about how the FBI used geolocation to nab this guy.
What are the chances?
When they showed his picture yesterday all over the Internet, I had a difficult time believing that he was the guy in the video....................
It’s quite possible................
Sounds like target #2.
They have a computer system that analyzes data from the phone companies and weeds out all the locals and zeroes in on numbers that are form outside the area of interest. It’s a good system but it has it’s limitations................
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