Brown Shooting Suspect Found Dead in New Hampshire
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Authorities found a man suspected in the Brown University shooting dead Thursday evening in a New Hampshire storage facility. Investigators identified the 48-year-old as Claudio Neves Valente, a former Brown student and Portuguese national, and said he died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Officials said tips and vehicle-tracking led them to the facility and that evidence recovered from the vehicle aided the inquiry. Investigators also believe he is linked to a separate Brookline killing of an MIT professor earlier in the week; authorities have not formally confirmed that connection. Based on 6 articles reviewed and supporting research.
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- 1. Dec. 13: Shooter attacked a Brown University engineering classroom, killing two and wounding nine.
- 2. Two days later: MIT professor Nuno F.G. Loureiro was fatally shot in his Brookline home.
- 3. Investigators began examining a potential link between the Brown shooting and the Brookline killing.
- 4. Law enforcement received tips and used vehicle-tracking to follow leads related to the suspect.
- 5. Thursday evening: Authorities located Claudio Neves Valente dead in a New Hampshire storage facility from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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