The suspected gunman from Saturday’s mass shooting at Brown University was found dead in Salem, New Hampshire, on Thursday evening.
FBI and law enforcement officials surrounded the suspected shooter as he hid in a storage unit following a nearly six-day manhunt for the suspect. Authorities believe the suspect carried out the Brown University shooting, in which two students were killed and nine were injured, and the fatal shooting of Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Nuno F.G. Loureiro two days later.
The suspect was Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, 48, a former Brown University student and Portuguese national, Providence Police Chief Oscar Perez announced during a press conference on Thursday evening. Perez said the suspect died by suicide.
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Neves Valente attended Brown University from fall 2000 to spring 2001, Brown University President Christina Paxson said. During this time, Neves Valente enrolled in Brown’s doctoral physics program before taking a leave of absence and ultimately withdrawing. Neves Valente was only enrolled in physics classes at the university.
Neves Vilente entered the United States in August 2000 on an F-1 student visa and obtained U.S. legal permanent residency in 2017, according to authorities. Neves Vilente’s last known address was in Miami.
Loureiro was a professor of physics and of nuclear science and engineering at MIT and was also originally from Portugal. Perez confirmed that authorities believe Neves Valente and Loureiro attended the same university in Portugal.
Authorities believe Neves Valente acted alone and were unaware of his identity until Wednesday.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts was set to provide an update later in the evening on the investigation surrounding Loureiro’s murder. The office confirmed there is no longer a threat to the public.
