Suspect in Brown University Shooting Located Dead Inside Storage Unit.
The man suspected of being the recent fatal shooting incident at Brown University reportedly took his own life on Thursday evening, per law enforcement.
He was found at a storage location on Thursday evening, as reported from an official source. This suspect is also suspected of killing a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor at a home in the Boston area.
“He ended his own life this evening,” stated the chief of the Providence police department during a press conference.
The chief identified the deceased man as Claudio Nevis Valenti, a 48-year-old individual enrolled at Brown University.
This news comes after a major police operation at a storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire earlier on Thursday. Witnesses reported seeing multiple armed officers converging on the location.
The manhunt for the perpetrator had restarted on Monday after state prosecutors announced that a person of interest on Sunday had been let go. This turn of events was acknowledged to be deeply concerning for the city residents.
Local officials emphasized that while the release was a disappointment, the broader investigation continued unabated.
The young victims who lost their lives in the shooting have been identified. They are Ella Cook, a second-year student from Alabama who was active in a campus political group, and MukhammadAziz Umurzokov, an Uzbek national in his first year who aspired to a neurosurgeon.
Authorities are scheduled to hold a news briefing to provide additional information on the suspect's death.
