More Details Released In Brown University, MIT Professor Shootings
5 weeks ago
Federal authorities have confirmed that Claudio Neves Valente, the suspect in last weekend’s mass shooting at Brown University, is also linked to the fatal shooting of Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Nuno F.G. Loureiro.
Neves Valente, 48, a former Brown student and Portuguese national, was found dead Thursday in a New Hampshire storage facility from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Investigators believe he acted alone in both incidents.
At Brown, Neves Valente allegedly killed two students and wounded nine others in a lecture hall. Two days later, Loureiro was shot and killed at his home in the Boston suburbs, nearly 50 miles from Providence, Rhode Island.
Authorities traced the suspect after a tip from a person who recognized him from security footage shared online. Surveillance cameras and a rental car led investigators to the New Hampshire location where Neves Valente was found dead with a satchel and firearms.
Brown University officials confirmed that the suspect was enrolled as a graduate student in physics from 2000 to 2001. Loureiro and Neves Valente had previously attended the same academic program in Portugal from 1995 to 2000.
The investigation is ongoing, and authorities continue to examine potential motives for the shootings.
Neves Valente, 48, a former Brown student and Portuguese national, was found dead Thursday in a New Hampshire storage facility from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Investigators believe he acted alone in both incidents.
At Brown, Neves Valente allegedly killed two students and wounded nine others in a lecture hall. Two days later, Loureiro was shot and killed at his home in the Boston suburbs, nearly 50 miles from Providence, Rhode Island.
Authorities traced the suspect after a tip from a person who recognized him from security footage shared online. Surveillance cameras and a rental car led investigators to the New Hampshire location where Neves Valente was found dead with a satchel and firearms.
Brown University officials confirmed that the suspect was enrolled as a graduate student in physics from 2000 to 2001. Loureiro and Neves Valente had previously attended the same academic program in Portugal from 1995 to 2000.
The investigation is ongoing, and authorities continue to examine potential motives for the shootings.
