{"id":357461,"date":"2025-12-19T05:32:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T05:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/357461\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T05:32:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T05:32:08","slug":"how-investigators-tracked-brown-university-mit-shooting-suspect-to-a-new-hampshire-storage-facility-boston-25-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/357461\/","title":{"rendered":"How investigators tracked Brown University, MIT shooting suspect to a New Hampshire storage facility \u2013 Boston 25 News"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW ENGLAND \u2014 The suspect in the Brown University shooting and the killing of an MIT professor was found dead<\/a> Thursday night inside a storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire. <\/p>\n

Authorities identified the suspect as 48-year-old Claudio Neves Valente, a Portuguese national and former Brown University student who attended the school from 2000 to 2001. <\/p>\n

His last known address was in Miami. <\/p>\n

During a Thursday night press conference, Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha said Valente was found with two firearms and was wearing the same clothing seen in images police previously released of a person of interest<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Investigators received a tip about a vehicle linked to the suspect and later identified a rental car Valente had picked up in Boston and driven to Rhode Island. <\/p>\n

The car was spotted outside Brown University, and police said Valente had covered the rental\u2019s license plate with a Maine plate. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe knew what he was doing,\u201d Neronha said. <\/p>\n

Surveillance video then showed Valente entering an apartment building near Loureiro\u2019s home, then about an hour later entering a storage facility where he was later found dead on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Neronha detailed that a person who was in close proximity to Valente <\/a>around the time of the shooting came forward and provided invaluable information regarding the car Valente used, which they tracked to a Massachusetts rental facility.<\/p>\n

Police were originally drawn to the Salem, New Hampshire, storage facility on Thursday due to a car of the same make and model that was seen near the Brown University shooting and the murder of Nuno Loureiro.<\/p>\n

Authorities said he was wearing the same clothes seen shortly after the murder. <\/p>\n

The storage unit where Valente was found was not one he had rented. <\/p>\n

Providence Police Chief Col. Oscar L. Perez Jr. said investigators were able to identify Valente through surveillance footage and rental records. <\/p>\n

Authorities also confirmed that Valente and Loureiro attended the same university in Lisbon.<\/p>\n

The attack on Brown University\u2019s campus triggered hours of chaos across campus <\/a>and surrounding Providence neighborhoods <\/a>as hundreds of officers searched for the shooter and urged students and staff to shelter in place.<\/p>\n

Ella Cook<\/a>, a 19-year-old sophomore from Mountain Brook, Alabama, and Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov<\/a>, an 18-year-old freshman from Uzbekistan, were killed when a man walked inside the engineering building and opened fire.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn terms of why Brown, that is a mystery,\u201d Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha said. \u201cThat is really unknown to us. That may become clear. I hope that it does. But it hasn\u2019t yet.\u201d<\/p>\n

The investigation into these incidents remains ongoing, but there is no longer a threat to the public. <\/p>\n

This is a developing story. Check back for updates as more information becomes available. <\/p>\n

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