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Tragic Mass Shooting Claims Brown University Student's Life

12/23/2025

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Ella Cook, a 19-year-old Brown University sophomore, was remembered at a Birmingham funeral after dying in a mass shooting on December 13, 2025.
Cook and Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, 18, were killed when gunman Claudio Neves Valente opened fire during a study session.
Valente, a former Brown student, later shot MIT professor Nuno Loureiro before taking his own life.
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey ordered flags at half-staff for Ella Cook.

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Ella Cook, a 19-year-old Brown University sophomore, was remembered at a Birmingham funeral after dying in a mass shooting on December 13, 2025.
Cook and Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, 18, were killed when gunman Claudio Neves Valente opened fire during a study session.
Valente, a former Brown student, later shot MIT professor Nuno Loureiro before taking his own life.
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey ordered flags at half-staff for Ella Cook.