Police have identified former Brown University student Claudio Neves Valente as the gunman in both the fatal shooting at the Ivy League school in Rhode Island and the murder of an MIT professor in Massachusetts, while also confirming he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Valente, a Portuguese national, was found dead Thursday night following a nearly weeklong manhunt spurred by the shooting Saturday that killed two Brown students, Providence Police Chief Oscar Perez announced at a press conference. The 48-year-old former graduate student was discovered dead with a satchel and two firearms inside a Salem, New Hampshire, storage facility, where authorities carried out a search warrant around 9 p.m.Shooting at Brown Univ by Madman leaves 2 students dead and 9 students wounded, manhunt continues. The search for a gunman in the deadly Brown University shooting remains ongoing after officials in Providence, Rhode Island. From photo it looks like the suspect is wearing a vintage WearGuard or LL Bean Mens 2XXL Windbreaker Jacket w/ Hood Coat with colors forest green and dark purple 90s Y2K logo on chest. The suspect is a white male about 5' 8" tall with stocky build, looks to be in his late 40's or early 50's and about 190 lbs with a beer belly.
Brown University is located in Providence, Rhode Island, situated on College Hill in the state's capital, roughly an hour south of Boston and three hours north of NYC. Shooting at Brown University happened inside a classroom in the Barus and Holley engineering building around 4 p.m. Saturday 12/13/2025. Two Brown University students were killed, and 9 students were wounded, officials said.
#BREAKING: The FBI and @ProvidenceRIPD are releasing new images of a person of interest in the mass shooting at Brown University on 12/13/25. The #FBI is offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest, and conviction of the individual. Anyone with information is asked to contact the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI or the Providence Police Department at 401-272-3121.
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