Posted on 12/16/2025 4:24:26 PM PST by Red Badger
Ella Cook vigil Vigil held for students killed at Brown University. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) Ella Cook, of Mountain Brook, identified as a victim.
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The Mountain Brook woman who was killed in the Brown University shooting was the vice president of the school's Republican club and was likely targeted, according to multiple sources. Ella Cook was one of two shot and killed on Saturday while studying with a group of students.
"We are devastated to learn of the loss of our Brown College Republicans Vice President, Ella Cook," the club's president, Martin Bertao, stated. "Ella was known for her bold, brave, and kind heart as she served her chapter and her fellow classmates. Our prayers are with her family, our Brown CR's, and the entirety of the campus as they heal from this tragedy."
Official Statement on the loss of Brown University College Republicans Vice President, Ella Cook. pic.twitter.com/IJoQsvyOsI— College Republicans of America (@uscollegegop) December 15, 2025
The founder and chairman of the College Republicans of America, William Branson Donahue, said he believes Cook was targeted.
"I am filled with rage and sadness to learn that our Brown College Republicans VP, Ella Cook, has been identified as one of the victims from the attack," he stated. "I'm told she was allegedly targeted for her conservative beliefs, hunted, and killed in cold blood. Losing Charlie [Kirk] three months ago rocked our worlds. The entire College Republicans community is weeping this evening, learning of the news. This was an attack on our family."
The Republican Club of Brown University provides a space for students to explore conservative policy and politics. The group fosters open dialogue, promotes intellectual diversity, and hosts events that encourage engagement with alternative viewpoints on campus, according to the school's website.
A broken-hearted former Brown University College Republican member, Alex Shieh, shared his experience with Cook, saying he had firsthand experience of Cook's courageous acts as a conservative on a liberal campus.
"Last spring, while I was under a disciplinary investigation for reporting on Brown's administration for the conservative student paper, almost nobody wanted to be associated with me," he said. "Ella was one of the few who were willing to stand with me in public and help hand out newspapers in front of the dining hall. Everyone at Brown who knew Ella, regardless of their politics, found her to be friendly and kind. My thoughts are with Ella's family. Ella was a promising young leader taken too soon."
I'm still in shock over the news from Brown University, where I was a student until a few months ago. And it broke my heart to learn that Ella Cook, a sophomore from Alabama, is no longer with us 💔
I knew Ella through Brown Republicans, where she was vice president.
Being a… https://t.co/ls3dZqNqGZ pic.twitter.com/zInRv8j0iD
— Alex Shieh (@alexkshieh) December 15, 2025 Cook was known in conservative circles not only on campus but across the nation. Chinese American activist and author Xi Van Fleet released a statement on social media confirming she had met Cook. Fleet said Cook left a lasting impression, and when Fleet heard the news of her death, she was shocked.
"We spoke about what it was like to be a conservative on campus, current events, and the history of Communism," Fleet stated. "Ella was a sophomore from Birmingham, Alabama. She was killed while attending a review session for an economics class."
Police have not released a motive in the shooting and have not officially charged a suspect. A person of interest initially detained has been released.
To connect with the author of this story or to comment, email erica.thomas@1819news.com.
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She was targeted by the pot belly jihadist pro hamas scumbag that now Brown University and their police dept are PROTECTING by scrubbing every reference to him on their web site
🚨 BREAKING: Rhode Island AG Peter Neronha asked about Mustapha Kharbouch — the pro-Palestine activist whose Brown University profiles were mysteriously scrubbed today.
AG explodes at reporters asking about him: "You're playing a dangerous game”
Why the rage? pic.twitter.com/DfcHs5ZDKn— Alec Lace (@AlecLace) December 16, 2025
QUEER pot belly jihadist pro hamas scumbag.................
The allegation that she was targeted is gaining more attention.
The Hispanic Chief of Police at Providence will soon revert to only speaking Spanish as he squirms to answer the tough questions being tossed his way.
I wish people on Twitter (and, surprisingly, here on FR) would listen to what he is saying and let it sink in.
My take is that despots at Brown are protecting themselves from an eventual lawsuit.
According to Rhode Island AG Peter Neronha, the press asking questions is a “really dangerous road to go down”. Rather than ask questions, you should “leave it to us to identify persons of interest”. IOW, shut up and don’t ask questions.
Mustapha Kharbouch needs to be tortured and publicly executed, and then buried with the head of a pig.
What is he saying?
Kinda like the way Providence police trashed that Army soldier?
Don’t kill the pig. He didn’t do anything.
Bury him with pig crap instead...................
BUMP!
I’m thinking that the leftists/one worlders/deepstate will be trying to eliminate the up-and coming constitutionalists, right-wing leaders.
“AG explodes at reporters asking about him: “You’re playing a dangerous game”
Dangerous for who?
Is that a threat directed at reporters?
This sounds like a one horse town corrupt sheriff threatening a private investigator of a local crime.
They should check her contacts with some social media site where libs hang out and threaten Conservatives.
I did hear one remark today, police are sure “Brown University was targeted,” but they didn’t go further than that.
There has been NO doxxing, people online noticed that his name had been scrubbed, NO ONE had mentioned his name until Brown started scrubbing everything to do with him
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