A Statement on the Shooting at Brown University on December 13, 2025

12/15/2025

Oct7th +801

21:00 Hrs UTC-5

     On December 13th, 2025 at around 16:10 hrs (4:10pm)UTC -5, during final examinations, a gunman opened fire in a classroom. Over the coming hours, shelter-in-place orders were enacted by campus public safety and eventually, police will escort students off their campus. As police began picking up the pieces, the horror of the aftermath became clear. Nine were wounded. Two lay murdered. As much as the motive of the gunman is still unclear and the gunman is still at large at the time of writing, One thing must be made clear, universities are supposed to be arenas of ideas and thoughts, NOT as places for violence to be displayed in lethal fashion. The killed were identified as… Ella Cook of Alabama Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov of Virginia May Their memories be a blessing. We live in dark times, be the light.


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