Brown University Shooting Suspect Found Dead
19th December 2025
The man believed to be behind the mass shooting at Brown University has been found dead in a New Hampshire storage facility, authorities said.
Claudio Neves Valente, 48, a Portuguese national who attended Brown 25 years ago, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Providence police chief Oscar Perez said on Thursday evening.
The shooter, who was found at a storage unit along with two guns, is believed to have acted alone.
“Tonight, our Providence neighbours can finally breathe a little bit easier,” Mayor Brett Smiley told reporters.
Investigators believe Valente is responsible for both the shooting at Brown, in which two students were killed, and the murder of Nuno FG Loureiro, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) science professor.