Students killed in shooting at Brown University identified
The two people killed in a mass shooting at Brown University on Saturday that left nine others injured were identified Monday.
The Brown University College Republicans posted on X Monday that Ella Cook, the organization's vice president, had been killed in the shooting.
"Ella was known for her bold, brave, and kind heart as she served her chapter and her fellow classmates," reads the post from College Republicans of America President Martin Bertao. "Our prayers are with her family, our Brown CR's, and the entirety of the campus as they heal from this tragedy."
The other victim was identified as Muhammad Aziz Umurzokov, according to NBC News , which cited the Uzbekistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
"The loss of innocent lives as a result of this tragedy is a heavy loss for all of us," the ministry said in a post on Telegram, according to the outlet.
Late Sunday night, authorities announced the release of a man who had been detained as a person of interest .
The release of the person of interest left law enforcement without any known suspect, with officials pledging to redouble their efforts by canvassing for video surveillance that could help pinpoint the killer's identity.
"We have a murderer out there," said Attorney General Peter Neronha.
The shooting occurred as final exams were underway .
The gunman opened fire inside a classroom in the engineering building, getting off more than 40 rounds from a 9 mm handgun, a law enforcement official told AP. Two handguns were recovered when the person of interest was taken into custody and authorities also found two loaded 30-round magazines, said the official, who was not authorized to discuss the investigation publicly and spoke to AP on the condition of anonymity.
Investigators were not immediately sure how the shooter got inside the first-floor classroom in a seven-story complex that houses the School of Engineering and physics department.
The attack set off hours of chaos on campus and in the surrounding Providence, Rhode Island neighborhoods, as hundreds of officers searched for the shooter. One video showed students in a library shaking and wincing as they heard loud bangs just before police entered the room to clear the building.
During the lockdown, which wasn't lifted until Sunday, after the person of interest was taken into custody, many students remained barricaded in rooms while others hid behind furniture and bookshelves as police searched for the shooter.
One of the nine wounded students has been released from the hospital, Paxson said Sunday. Seven others were in critical but stable condition, and one was in critical condition.
Brown, the seventh-oldest higher education institution in the U.S., is one of the nation's most prestigious colleges, with roughly 7,300 undergraduates and more than 3,000 graduate students. The school canceled all remaining classes and exams for the semester.
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