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In Videos, Brown Shooter Confesses, Shows No Remorse

Neves Valente does not disclose motive for killing Brown students, MIT professor

(Newser) - The man identified by law enforcement as the shooter who killed two Brown University students and an MIT professor had been planning the attack for months and left behind videos in which he confessed to the murders, according to information released Tuesday by the US Department of Justice.
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Classmate: Shooting Suspect Had 'Great Need to Stand Out'

Former peers look back on Claudio Neves Valente after Brown, MIT shootings

(Newser) - Former classmates of a shooting suspect and one of his victims say they're struggling to understand what led to dual tragedies in the US—and one thinks an overly demanding academic environment years ago played a role. Claudio Neves Valente is the suspect in a mass shooting at Brown...

Brown University Police Chief Put on Leave

School says move is part of a 'standard' campus security review following deadly shooting

(Newser) - Brown University's top campus safety official has been sidelined as scrutiny intensifies over the school's handling of the deadly Dec. 13 campus shooting . President Christina Paxson announced Monday that Vice President for Public Safety and Emergency Management Rodney Chatman has been placed on leave while Brown commissions an...

Shootings Suspect Killed Himself Tuesday: Autopsy

The body of Claudio Neves Valente was found Thursday in a storage unit

(Newser) - The man suspected in the fatal shootings at Brown University and MIT killed himself days before police discovered his body in a New Hampshire storage unit, authorities said. An autopsy determined that 48-year-old Claudio Neves Valente died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, New Hampshire Attorney General John...

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What We Know About the MIT, Brown Suspect

Police trying to unravel motives of Claudio Neves Valente, accused in dual shootings

(Newser) - Investigators are still trying to piece together the motives they say led Claudio Neves Valente to stage a mass shooting at Brown University , then kill an MIT professor days later. The 48-year-old took his own life at a storage facility in New Hampshire before investigators could speak to him. Neves...

Trump Suspends Green Card Lottery Program After Shootings

Program allowed suspect in Brown, MIT shootings to stay in US

(Newser) - President Trump suspended the green card lottery program on Thursday that allowed the suspect in the Brown University and MIT shootings to come to the United States, the AP reports. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a post on the social platform X that at Trump's direction she...

Tipster at Brown Told FBI of Encounter With Suspect

Man wrote about it on Reddit, then went to authorities

(Newser) - A man suspected in the fatal shootings at Brown University and of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor has been found dead in a New Hampshire storage facility after a five-day search that spanned several New England states, authorities said Thursday. Claudio Neves Valente, 48, a former Brown student and...

Brown University Shooting Suspect Found Dead

Investigators also suspect him of killing MIT professor, though no formal connection yet

(Newser) - A man who is suspected of killing two and wounding several others at Brown University has been found dead in a New Hampshire storage facility, officials said. Claudio Neves Valente, 48, a Brown student and Portuguese national, was found dead Thursday evening from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Col. Oscar Perez,...

Report: MIT Killing May Be Linked to Brown Shooting

Sources tell AP that a person of interest has been identified

(Newser) - Authorities are investigating a possible connection between the mass shooting at Brown University and the killing of an MIT professor, the AP reports, citing three people familiar with the matter who were not authorized to discuss an ongoing investigation and spoke on condition of anonymity. Two of the sources said...

Police Release Video Timeline of Person of Interest in Brown Shooting

Police share enhanced images, offer $50K reward for tips

(Newser) - Police in Providence are sharpening their public appeal as the hunt for the Brown University shooter stretches into a fourth day, CBS News reports. On Tuesday, authorities released a new still image and "enhanced" surveillance video clips of a masked person of interest seen on the city's East...

Police Release New Images of Brown Shooting Suspect

FBI is offering a $50K reward

(Newser) - Police and the FBI released new video and images Monday of someone they've designated a person of interest in the Brown University mass shooting. The video and images, taken around two hours before the shooting on Saturday, are of a man with a mask over the lower part of...

Buffalo Bills Were 'Down the Street' From Brown Shooting

They recount lockdown, prayers after 2 students were fatally shot

(Newser) - The Buffalo Bills' trip to face the New England Patriots turned tense Saturday night when players found themselves in lodging close to the scene of the deadly shooting at Brown University. The team was staying at a downtown Providence hotel less than two miles from where a gunman opened fire...

Among 2 Killed at Brown, a Young Republican Leader

Deceased identified as students Ella Cook, Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov

(Newser) - As authorities continue to hunt for their killer, the two people fatally shot Saturday at Brown University have been identified. Authorities named them Monday as Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, a first-year international student from Uzbekistan, and Ella Cook, a second-year undergraduate from Alabama. Cook, remembered by her Birmingham church as a...

Authorities Announce 'Stunning' Turnaround in Brown Shooting

Person of interest detained after university shooting is now being released

(Newser) - A person of interest detained after a Brown University shooting that killed two students and injured nine will be released after an investigation took law enforcement authorities in a "different direction," officials said Sunday night. The disclosure, made at a hastily convened late night news conference, represents a...

Detainee in Brown Shooting Identified as 24-Year-Old

Authorities have not named him

(Newser) - Police have not formally identified the person of interest detained after Saturday's shooting at Brown University , but details are emerging:
  • Both the Washington Post and NBC News , citing sources, identify him as a 24-year-old It was not clear whether he has any ties to Brown. The Post says he'
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Second School Shooting Leaves Student 'Really Angry'

Survivors of other campus killings say there will be more like them

(Newser) - A Brown University sophomore who lived through the Parkland high school massacre in Florida has now survived a second campus shooting, an experience she said feels horrifyingly familiar. Twenty-year-old Zoe Weissman was on Brown's Providence, Rhode Island, campus on Saturday when a gunman opened fire, killing at least two...

Cops Detain Person of Interest in Brown University Shooting

Two people were killed and nine wounded

(Newser) - Police have detained a person of interest in Saturday's fatal shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island that left two people dead and nine wounded, reports NBC News . No details were immediately provided about him, including what the motive might be.
  • Police said surveillance video from the shooting showed
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Police Search for Gunman After 2 Are Killed at Brown University

Officers go building to building looking for at least one suspect

(Newser) - At least one gunman opened fire at Brown University in Rhode Island on Saturday afternoon, killing at least two people and wounding several others. Providence's mayor said eight people were in critical condition, per the Guardian . Officials urged students and staff to take shelter as officers were going building...

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