Brown University Shooting Suspect Claudio Neves Valente Found Dead in New Hampshire

Suspect Identified and Located

• 🎯 Claudio Neves Valente, a 48-year-old Portuguese national and former Brown University student, has been identified as the suspect in the mass shooting.
• 📍 Authorities located Valente deceased in a storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire, following a multi-state manhunt.
• 💡 The identification process involved CCTV footage, tips from the public, and tracing a rental car used by the suspect.

Additional Crimes and Connections

• 🔪 Officials believe Valente also killed Nuno Lorero, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor, two days after the Brown University shooting.
• 🤝 Both Valente and Lorero are believed to have attended the same university in Portugal.

Law Enforcement Response

• 🤝 A broad coalition of law enforcement agencies, including the Providence Police Department, FBI, ATF, US Marshals, and others, collaborated on the investigation and manhunt.
• 🔍 The suspect was found with a satchel, two firearms, and evidence linked to the shooting.
• ⚠️ Authorities confirmed that Valente died by suicide.