Gunman in Brown University shooting found dead, linked to MIT killing


The person of interest in connection with the December 13, 2025 shooting at Brown University, in Providence, Rhode Island, U.S., walks in a screengrab from video released by the Providence Police. Providence Police/via REUTERS

BOSTON/PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, ‌Dec 18 (Reuters) - The suspect in last weekend's mass shooting at Brown University is dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, with investigators certain he also killed a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor two ‌days later, officials said on Thursday.

The gunman, identified as Portuguese national Claudio Neves Valente, 48, was found dead Thursday night in a storage rental facility in Salem, New Hampshire, ‌where he had rented a unit last month, officials said.

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