{"id":2521946,"date":"2025-12-16T20:44:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T01:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/family-of-republican-club-vp-killed-in-brown-shooting-told-she-was-specifically-targeted-report\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T20:44:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T01:44:39","slug":"family-of-republican-club-vp-killed-in-brown-shooting-told-she-was-specifically-targeted-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/family-of-republican-club-vp-killed-in-brown-shooting-told-she-was-specifically-targeted-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Family of Republican Club VP Killed in Brown Shooting Told She Was Specifically Targeted: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffamily-of-republican-club-vp-killed-in-brown-shooting-told-she-was-specifically-targeted-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2521946&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >article discusses ongoing investigations<\/a> into a deadly shooting at Brown University, highlighting new information from journalist Mark Halperin.Halperin reported,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-washington-post-nbc-news-all-forced-to-retract-false-claims-about-trump-lawyer-rudy-giuliani\/\" title=\"New York Times, Washington Post, NBC News All Forced To Retract False Claims About Trump Lawyer Rudy Giuliani\">citing unnamed sources<\/a>,that Ella Cook,a prominent conservative student and vice president of the Brown University College Republicans,may have been the specific target of the attack. Ella Cook, 19, from Birmingham, alabama, was one of two victims who died; the other was MukhammadAziz Umurzokov, an 18-year-old student from Uzbekistan. nine other students were injured during the shooting at the university&#8217;s engineering and physics building. Authorities have released video footage of the gunman, who remains at large, and his motive has not yet been confirmed. Some commentators suggest the nature of the shooting indicates a targeted attack rather than a random mass shooting, noting the suspect&#8217;s behavior and the police response. The discussion also touches on the broader issue of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-woman-charged-for-threatening-to-shoot-trump-and-his-teenage-son-in-the-face-in-emails-to-school\/\" title=\"Chicago woman charged for threatening to shoot Trump and his son in emails to school.\">rising political violence<\/a> on college campuses.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>As the manhunt continues into Saturday&rsquo;s murderous shooting at Brown University, a veteran journalist on Tuesday put new light on one possible angle.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Halperin, an author, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-former-washington-post-fact-checker-can-stammer-confronted-papers-bias\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">perceptive commentator<\/a>, and former political director for ABC News, cited &ldquo;sources&rdquo; he&rsquo;s spoken to that have told him that the family of Ella Cook, one of the two deceased victims, has been told she was a target in the attack.<\/p>\n<p>While stressing he could not vouch for the veracity of the report, Halperin said that &ldquo;if it&rsquo;s true that she was targeted, that&rsquo;s a big story, because she was one of the most visible conservatives on that campus.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Mark Halperin<br \/> People are telling me that the Brown University attack was targeting Ella Cook a prominent conservative on campus. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ewmiKsELD4\">pic.twitter.com\/ewmiKsELD4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Big Fish (@BigFish3000) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BigFish3000\/status\/2000598316846092559?\">December 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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podcast on the 2WAY digital media platform.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, authorities released a video of the gunman seen from various cameras around the Providence, Rhode Island, campus.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: FBI have just released a new video showing the timeline of movements of the alleged Brown University shooter<\/p>\n<p>Some clips show the shooter was able to simply WALK PASSED responding Providence PD after the shooting<\/p>\n<p>Where is the dash\/body cam footage <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProvidenceRIPD?\">@ProvidenceRIPD<\/a>?! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aQlAvMBS2i\">pic.twitter.com\/aQlAvMBS2i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nicksortor\/status\/2001028943034651113?\">December 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>With the killer still at large and his motive unclear (a &ldquo;person of interest&rdquo; originally detained <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/police-release-person-interest-brown-university-shooting-evidence-points-different-direction\/\">was eventually released<\/a>), there&rsquo;s no way at this point to prove or disprove Halperin&rsquo;s report from his sources.<\/p>\n<p>Amber Duke, senior editor of The Daily Caller, noted to Halperin that the gunman&rsquo;s behavior appeared more in line with the perpetrator of a targeted shooting than a mass killer who was shooting victims at random, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/mark-halperin-reports-that-college-republicans-vp-may-have-been-target-of-brown-university-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mediaite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Typically, when we see mass school shooters, they don&rsquo;t just stop and walk away, right?&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Usually, they keep going until they&rsquo;re apprehended by police, shot dead, or they kill themselves,&rdquo; Duke added.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And the other thing is if the police are telling Brown students that they are safe, they don&rsquo;t have to shelter in place anymore, but they don&rsquo;t have a suspect in custody, I think that also suggests that this was some kind of targeted attack.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She also noted that in her experience as a conservative at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., where she was chairwoman of the College Republicans club, she had received &ldquo;multiple threats.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The whole segment can be viewed below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why Won't U.S. Media Cover Reports that Australia Attackers May Be ISIS-Linked Islamic Extremists?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Zv_4x67fzys?start=788&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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