Man suspected in shooting at Brown University has been found dead in New Hampshire, AP source says

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6. A 48 year old Portuguese former student at Brown

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and the MIT professor was Portuguese.

Claudio Neves Valente, 48, a Brown student and Portuguese national, was found dead Thursday evening from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Col. Oscar Perez, the Providence police chief, said at a news conference.

The Brown University president, Christina Paxson, said Valente was enrolled at Brown from the fall of 2000 to the spring of 2001. He was admitted to the graduate school to study physics beginning in September 2000. “He has no current affiliation with the university,” she said.
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Ted Docks, FBI special agent in charge of Boston, told reporters that authorities thought the suspect attended the same university in Lisbon as the MIT professor.

Peter Neronha, the attorney general of Rhode Island, said the suspect obtained lawful permanent resident status in September 2017.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/18/suspect-brown-university-shooting