Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, 48, the man sought for last weekend’s mass shooting on the Brown University campus, was found dead Thursday night at a New Hampshire storage facility. The authorities discovered the body inside the facility and confirmed the cause of death was a self‑inflicted gunshot wound. The suspect had been wanted in connection with the campus shooting and was also suspected of killing MIT professor Nuno F.G. Loureiro in Brookline, Massachusetts.\n\n## Who was Claudio Manuel Neves Valente?\nClaudio Manuel Neves Valente was a former Brown student and Portuguese national. He enrolled as a graduate student studying physics from the fall of 2000 to the spring of 2001. Brown University President Christina Paxson said he had attended classes in the building where the shooting took place.\n\n## The Brown University Shooting\nInvestigators say Valente fatally shot two students and wounded nine other people in a Brown lecture hall last Saturday. The incident occurred in the building where he had previously studied.\n\n## The MIT Professor Killing\nTwo days after the Brown shooting, Valente allegedly killed MIT professor Nuno F.G. Loureiro at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts, nearly 50 miles from Providence.\n\n## Investigators’ Findings\n\”Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, 48, a former Brown student and Portuguese national, was found dead Thursday night from a self‑inflicted gunshot wound,\” said Col. Oscar Perez, the Providence police chief. \”Perez said as far as investigators know, Neves Valente acted alone.\” Investigators believe he acted alone in both incidents.\n\n## Key Takeaways\n- Valente, a former Brown graduate student, was found dead Thursday night.\n- He was suspected of killing MIT professor Nuno F.G. Loureiro.\n- Investigators say he acted alone.\n\nThe discovery of Valente’s body closes the search for the suspect in the Brown University shooting and confirms his involvement in the MIT professor killing.
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