Former Brown physics student identified as shooting suspect

SALEM, N.H. — Former Brown Physics PhD Student, Portuguese National, 48, Identified as Shooting Suspect

Authorities have identified the suspect in Saturday’s deadly shooting at Brown University and the killing of an MIT professor as Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, a 48-year-old Portuguese national and a permanent resident from Miami, Florida.

Brown University President Christina Paxson said Neves Valente was a Ph.D. student in physics from fall 2000 through spring 2001. He took a leave of absence on April 1, 2001, and withdrew from the university on July 31, 2003. University officials emphasized that he was not a current Brown University student at the time of the shooting.

The shooting occurred Saturday inside Brown University’s Barus & Holley engineering building, where two students, 19-year-old Ella Cook and 18-year-old Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, were killed, and nine others were injured during finals week.

Law enforcement officials say Neves Valente was later found dead inside a storage unit in Salem, New Hampshire, from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, ending a multi-state manhunt. Authorities say he was found with a satchel, two firearms, and additional evidence recovered from a vehicle believed to be connected to the investigation.

Investigators also believe Neves Valente was responsible for the fatal shooting of MIT professor Dr. Nuno F.G. Loureiro outside the professor’s home in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Authorities say evidence collected across Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire helped link the two cases. No motive has been released, and the investigation remains ongoing.

This remains a developing story. Updates will be shared as more information is confirmed.