U.S. authorities say the suspect in last weekend’s mass shooting at Brown University, which left two students dead and at least eight injured, has been found dead in a storage unit in New Hampshire, with officials indicating he died by suicide.
The discovery comes as investigators examine whether the same individual may be linked to the fatal shooting of MIT professor Nuno Loureiro at his Massachusetts home two days later, although officials have offered limited detail and previously said no clear connection had been established.
The suspect has been named as Claudio Neves Valente, a Portuguese national Green Card holder who entered the United States in 2017.
The manhunt following the Brown attack left students and residents on edge as police relied heavily on public tips and security footage to track a masked suspect who fled on foot. Federal prosecutors had prepared charges as the investigation continued into the motive and any possible links between the two cases.
🚨 BREAKING: Face photo of Portuguese national Claudio Neves Valente, the suspected Brown University shooter
Here’s what we know:
– 48 years old
– NOT a U.S. citizen
– Green card holder from Portugal
– Once was a Brown University student
– Found dead in a Salem, NH storage unit… pic.twitter.com/aXjOx6j32U— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) December 19, 2025
The Brown University shooter, Claudio Manuel Neves Valente entered the United States through the diversity lottery immigrant visa program (DV1) in 2017 and was granted a green card. This heinous individual should never have been allowed in our country.
In 2017, President Trump…
— Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) December 19, 2025
Yay, we all love diversity, don’t we?
Sad about the people who lost their lives but brown created this
How convenient, case closed.
Yes, very convenient for sure. No more questions – case closed. Wow.
Don’t dare question the narrative or you’ll be labelled a ‘conspiracy theorist.’
Well I guess that’s me, for example I don’t for one second believe Charlie Kirk is dead.
These days I work on the principle that whatever the MSM is spewing then by default I will look to see who gains by the MSM narrative. It then becomes much easier to detect who the real perpetrators of the crime is.