Conservative Student Leader Among Victims in Deadly Brown University Shooting |
The vice president of College Republicans at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, was shot and killed over the weekend.
Ella Cook, a sophomore at the university, was attending an economics study session with a group of other students ahead of finals when a gunman entered the lecture hall and opened fire, killing Cook and another student and injuring at least nine others. Authorities have not released the identity of the second victim.
“Ella [Cook] was known for her bold, brave, and kind heart as she served her chapter and her fellow classmates,” College Republicans of America said in a statement.
Brown, an Ivy League university, is majority liberal, with Campus Reform reporting that 78% of students identify as liberal or........