Man suspected in Brown University shooting and MIT professor's killing found dead, officials say

"Claudio Neves Valente, 48, a former Brown student and Portuguese national, was found dead Thursday evening from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Col. Oscar Perez, the Providence police chief, said at a news conference. Perez said as far as investigators know, the suspect acted alone. Investigators believe Valente is responsible for both the shooting at Brown and the killing of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor who was fatally shot in his Brookline home Monday, U.S. attorney for Massachusetts Leah B. Foley said."

"Brown University President Christina Paxson said Valente was enrolled at Brown from the fall of 2000 to the spring of 2001. He was admitted to the graduate school to study physics beginning in September 2000. He has no current affiliation with the university, she said. Valente and Loureiro attended the same academic program at a university in Portugal between 1995 and 2000, Foley said. The FBI previously said it knew of no links between the two shootings."

Claudio Neves Valente, 48, a former Brown student and Portuguese national, was found dead in a New Hampshire storage unit from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Investigators believe Valente carried out the Brown University shooting that killed two and wounded nine, and also fatally shot MIT professor Nuno F.G. Loureiro at his Brookline home. Valente attended the same academic program as Loureiro at a Portuguese university between 1995 and 2000 and was enrolled at Brown from fall 2000 to spring 2001 as a graduate physics student. Rhode Island authorities said a second individual came forward and led investigators to the car and to the suspect's name.

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