Suspect in Brown University Shooting and MIT Professor's Murder Found Dead by Suicide
Claudio Neves Valente, suspect in Brown University shooting and MIT professor's murder, was found dead by suicide in New Hampshire, ending a five-day manhunt.
Associated PressSuspect in Brown University shooting and MIT professor’s killing was once a physics student
NPRA Reddit post helped find MIT and Brown shooting suspect. Here's what we know
TIME MagazineEverything We Know About the Suspect in Brown and MIT Shootings
CBNSuspect in Brown Univ. Shooting and MIT Professor Slaying Found Dead
Overview
Claudio Neves Valente, suspect in Brown University shooting and MIT professor's murder, was found dead by suicide in a New Hampshire storage facility, ending a five-day manhunt.
The suspect was linked to a Providence mass shooting, killing two Brown University students and injuring nine, plus the murder of MIT Professor Nuno F. G. Loureiro.
Authorities located Valente in Salem, New Hampshire, via a witness and Reddit tip linking him to a Nissan sedan, confirming his death by a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Valente and Professor Loureiro were classmates at Instituto Superior Técnico in Portugal from 1995 to 2000, where Valente was terminated in 2000, while Loureiro graduated.
Valente, a former Brown PhD physics student, attended Brown University on a student visa from fall 2000 to spring 2001. A witness saw him at Brown hours before the shooting.
Analysis
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