Brown University taking pictures suspect discovered lifeless in New Hampshire storage facility after 5-day manhunt | EUROtoday

The suspect within the taking pictures at Brown University final weekend has been discovered lifeless in a storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire after a five-day manhunt.

“I will tell you that he took his own life tonight,” Colonel Oscar Perez, the chief of the Providence Police Department mentioned Thursday evening.

Perez recognized the suspect as Claudio Neves Valente, a 48-year-old Portuguese nationwide. Brown President Christina Paxson mentioned Valente was a physics PhD scholar on the college from the Fall 2000 to Spring 2001.

A satchel, two firearms and proof “that matches exactly what we see at the scene here in Providence” have been discovered with Valente’s physique, Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha mentioned.

Police imagine Valente acted alone within the taking pictures.

Authorities in Providence, Rhode Island, shared particulars about how they situated Valente utilizing video footage.

They mentioned a video offered them with an outline of a automotive that led them to a automotive rental place in Massachusetts. Law enforcement have been then in a position get a replica of an settlement, which included the suspect’s identify.

Neronha mentioned an individual with details about the suspect “blew this case right open.”

“That person led us to the car, which led us to the name, which led us to the photographs of that individual renting the car, which matched the clothing of our shooter here in Providence, that matched the satchel,” he said.

Two students were killed and nine were injured Saturday in a shooting on Brown University’s campus. Two days later, 47-year-old MIT professor Nuno F.G. Loureiro was fatally shot at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts. Brookline is about 50 miles northeast of Providence.

Authorities are still unclear about the suspected shooter’s motive.

“We’re going to be forever changed but our commitment on the state level is to continue to support Providence, Brown and the people in the state of Rhode Island in recovery,” Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee said Thursday night.

Police were reportedly investigating a potential link between the shooting of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor and the Brown University shooting.

Nuno F.G. Loureiro, a 47-year-old physicist and fusion scientist, was shot “multiple times” in his home Monday night, and died Tuesday after first responders rushed him to the hospital, investigators said. Police have said they’re investigating his death as a homicide.

Authorities said Thursday night that Loureiro was a Portuguese national like Valente.

The Independent has asked the Providence Police Department for comment. The Brookline Police Department directed questions to the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office, where a spokesperson declined to comment, citing the “active and ongoing” investigation.

Police initially said they had detained a person of interest just hours after the Brown shooting. However, he was released Sunday night after a law enforcement official said that “the evidence now points in a different direction.”

Community members have been mourning the two students killed on the Ivy League campus: Ella Cook and Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov.

Cook, a 19-year-old from Alabama, was the vice president of the Brown University College Republicans. She was also a parishioner at the Cathedral Church of the Advent in Birmingham.

Reverend Craig Smalley described Cook as an “incredible, grounded, faithful bright light,” in accordance with AL.com. The College Republicans of America mentioned Cook was identified for her “bold, brave and kind heart as she served her chapter and fellow classmates.”

Umurzokov, an 18-year-old from Uzbekistan, was finding out to develop into a neurosurgeon, in accordance with a GoFundMe marketing campaign launched by his household. He was described as “incredibly kind, funny and smart,” and his household’s “biggest role model.”

“He always lent a helping hand to anyone in need without hesitation, and was the most kind-hearted person our family knew,” the GoFundMe reads. “Our family is incredibly devastated by this loss.”

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