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Funeral Set for Ella Cook as Brown University Shooting Probe Seeks Masked Gunman

Investigators seek a masked suspect, using newly released images plus a $50,000 FBI reward.

Overview

  • Cook’s funeral is scheduled for Dec. 22 at 11 a.m. at Birmingham’s Cathedral Church of the Advent, with a private family burial to follow.
  • Her family asked for privacy, encouraged attendees to wear Easter colors, and requested donations to the church’s Children’s Ministry in lieu of flowers.
  • Authorities have made no arrests and have circulated surveillance images of a stocky person of interest about 5-foot-8 wearing a mask and layered clothing.
  • The Dec. 13 attack inside Brown’s Barus & Holley engineering building killed Cook, 19, and first-year student Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, and wounded nine others.
  • Sen. Tommy Tuberville asserted Cook was targeted for her Republican role, a claim not supported by investigators, as Mountain Brook residents continue public mourning events.