Professor Shooting Suspect Found Dead Following Multi-State Manhunt

Fri Dec 19 2025 22:18:12 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time)

Claudio Neves Valente, wanted for a mass shooting at Brown University, is found dead in New Hampshire after allegedly killing an MIT professor days later.

The suspect in the recent Brown University mass shooting, Claudio Neves Valente, has been found dead in a storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire. Identified as a 48-year-old Portuguese national and former PhD student at Brown, Valente was wanted for the December 13 shooting that killed two students and injured nine others. He is also suspected of killing MIT professor Nuno F Gomes Loureiro shortly after the initial incident. Initial investigations suggest Valente died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. A public outcry for a quicker resolution to the investigation preceded the discovery of Valente's body, as authorities continue to seek motives for the violent events.

Professor Shooting Suspect Found Dead Following Multi-State Manhunt

The suspect in the recent massacre at Brown University has been found deceased in a storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire, after a six-day manhunt. He has been identified as 48-year-old Claudio Neves Valente, a Portuguese national who attended Brown University approximately 25 years ago.

Police Chief Oscar Perez stated that the investigation drew on video evidence and public tips that led them to a car rental location where Valente's name was linked to their person of interest.

Officials suggest that Valente may have killed MIT professor Nuno F Gomes Loureiro two days after the initial shooting at Brown. Preliminary findings indicate that Valente died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, although authorities have yet to determine how long he might have been in the facility.

Brown University's President Christina Paxson noted that Valente was a PhD student at the institution but had no current affiliations with it. It was also revealed that both Valente and Professor Loureiro had studied at the same university in Portugal during the late 1990s.

Valente was found with a satchel containing two firearms, and forensic links have been established between his vehicle and the scenes of both shootings. The FBI has stated that despite the discovery of Valente's body, multiple questions remain unanswered, and they deployed around 500 agents to assist local authorities during the investigation.

In response to the shootings, the United States has suspended its green card lottery scheme, with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem attributing Valente's presence in the country to the diversity visa program, through which he gained entry in 2017.

Meanwhile, public frustration mounted during the investigation aftermath as a gunman opened fire in a Brown University engineering building on December 13, resulting in the death of two students – Ella Cook and Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov – and injuries to nine others.

Authorities had earlier requested patience from the public, releasing new footage of a person of interest seen on campus shortly after the shooting occurred.