Two Victims Named in the Providence Campus Attack as Law Enforcement Press On With Hunt for Killer.

Both young individuals who were killed in the weekend's mass shooting in Providence were being remembered Monday – as a manhunt for their killer carried on following the release by Rhode Island officials of the sole person of interest in the case.

Remembering Ella Cook

Ella Cook, a sophomore from Alabama, was remembered as “an incredible, grounded, faithful, bright light”, per the Cathedral Church of the Advent, Birmingham, which honored her memory at a gathering on Sunday.

Her role included vice-president of Brown’s division of the campus GOP group, according to the organization. The White House press secretary also shared words of sorrow on social media, stating: “Words cannot express. Thinking of her kin and peers, especially her parents.”

MukhammadAziz Umurzokov

The other deceased individual was MukhammadAziz Umurzokov, an Uzbek national in his first year of studies at the renowned school, according to relatives.

The victim's identification was officially acknowledged by the foreign office of Uzbekistan.

“He was exceptionally gentle, witty, and bright. He harbored grand aspirations of entering the field of neurosurgery and assisting patients,” Samira Umurzokova, his sister said in a memorial statement.

What Happened

Nine other people were injured in Saturday’s attack in the engineering department of Brown’s grounds in Providence, during the school’s final exam period.

Officials stated late Sunday that a 24-year-old male arrested in a police operation at a Hampton Inn about around 27 kilometers from the campus earlier in the day was being released.

“A perpetrator remains free,” said the state's top prosecutor, Peter Neronha.

He continued, “Occasionally a probe goes down a path, and then you have to regroup and go in another, and that is the current situation over the last approximately one day.”

Community Anxiety

Providence’s mayor, Brett Smiley, acknowledged: “We know that this is likely to cause fresh anxiety for our community”.

The assailant began shooting inside a classroom in the engineering facility on Saturday, discharging in excess of 40 shots from a 9mm pistol, a authority reported to the news agency.

Officers that entered the lodging found a pair of pistols and two ammunition clips when the suspect was arrested, according to reports.

The Wounded Victims

Of the nine hurt, a single scholar was allowed to go home, mentioned Brown’s president, Christina Paxson. Seven others were in grave but unchanging health, and one remained in critical care, officials reported on Sunday.

An educational institution, a independent school in North Carolina, said Kendall Turner, Kendall Turner, was one of the critically injured.

More Condolences

Tributes were paid to Cook at a religious service in Birmingham on Sunday. A pastor commented, “She shone as a remarkable, stable, devout beacon not only during her upbringing... but at Brown she was an incredible light in that specific location as well.”

Martin Bertao, Martin Bertao, posted a statement from the organization. “Ella was known for her fearless, heroic, and gentle spirit as she served her chapter and other students,” he said.

The US ambassador, Jonathan Henick, said he was “profoundly grieved” by Umurzokov’s death in a message. “Our profound condolences go out to the Umurzokov family, loved ones, and schoolmates and lament the passing of his promising future.”

National Context

The weekend's murders at Brown, the nation’s seventh-oldest university with about 7,300 undergraduate and postgraduate students, occurred during one of at least nearly 400 mass shootings documented across the United States so far in 2025, according to records. The following Monday was the 349th day of the year.