The Brown University shooting suspect has been found dead in a storage unit from a self-inflicted gunshot wound Thursday night, Fox News reported.
Police were seen storming a storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire Thursday evening, after locating the suspect’s vehicle there.
Providence, Rhode Island police shared more details on the case in a press conference Thursday night.
Police said the gunman in the Brown University shooting was Claudio Manuel Neves-Valente, 48, a former Brown University student, a Portuguese national, whose last known address was in Miami, Florida.
Police said Neves-Valente initially came into the U.S. in 2000 on a student visa, and then applied for and received “lawful permanent residence” status in September 2017.
Brown University president Christina Paxson said Neves-Valente was enrolled at Brown from the fall of 2000 to the spring of 2001. He was admitted to Brown’s graduate school to study in a Masters of Science PhD program in physics beginning on Sept. 1, 2000. He took a leave of absence in April 2001 before formally withdrawing July 31, 2003. He was only enrolled in physics classes. When he was a student, he would have spent a great deal of time in the building where he committed the shooting.
Perp identified as: Claudio Manuel Neves-Valente Portuguese national, Brown student, resident of Miami
— Joseph L. Giacalone (@JoeGiacalone) December 19, 2025
Police said Neves-Valente had rented a car in Boston.
Journalist Eric Daugherty has pointed out that Portugal is the same country where slain MIT nuclear science professor Nuno Loureiro, 47, was from. Loureiro was found shot dead in his Massachusetts condo Monday night.
Providence police acknowledged at the press conference that there was a connection in the two cases, but said they would leave it up to the Massachusetts authorities to release information on that case.
Authorities at the press conference did say they believe Neves-Valente and Loureiro attended the same university in Portugal.
🚨 BREAKING: Brown University suspected shooter is a PORTUGAL NATIONAL, not a citizen, confirmed DEAD, and a student at Brown.
Claudio Neves-Valente, 48.
Portugal is the *same* country where the slain MIT professor is from, allegedly committed by Valente.
ABSOLUTE FAILURE!!! pic.twitter.com/PzNzp9zTFq
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) December 19, 2025
DMLNewsApp founder Dennis Michael Lynch shared images of Valente without his mask.
First images of the Brown University shooter: 48yo – Portuguese national – took his own life. He was found dead with a satchel and two firearms. Claudio Nevis Valenti. pic.twitter.com/x7mlkQrHbj
— Dennis Michael Lynch (@TrustDML) December 19, 2025
WATCH the police news conference below:
A Portuguese national is the killer. Can WE PLEASE STOP ALL IMMIGRATION!!!!
— Dennis Michael Lynch (@TrustDML) December 19, 2025
JUST IN: Authorities are preparing to enter the Brown University shooting suspect’s storage unit in New Hampshire.
A law enforcement source says the suspect was seen on surveillance video entering the storage facility at some point, but it’s unclear if he ever left. pic.twitter.com/P4eAotZyzU
— Fox News (@FoxNews) December 19, 2025
BREAKING: Suspected Brown University shooter found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, source says. pic.twitter.com/XCewywGS8j
— Fox News (@FoxNews) December 19, 2025
#BREAKING: The FBI, in coordination with the @ProvidenceRIPD and @RIStatePolice, is releasing a new image of a person of interest in the mass shooting at Brown University on 12/13/25. The #FBI is offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the identification,… pic.twitter.com/wOKSR6Qr6q
— FBI Boston (@FBIBoston) December 16, 2025
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