On Dec. 13, 2025, Ella Cook, a 19-year-old woman, was killed when gunfire erupted inside a classroom on Brown University’s campus in Providence, Rhode Island. What began as an ordinary end-of-semester Saturday collapsed into panic as students scattered and called for help; nine other people were wounded as the campus and surrounding streets filled with sirens and flashing lights.
In the days that followed, the details of Cook’s life came into focus through the people who loved her mo
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