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On Thursday (Dec 19), investigators in the Brown University shooting held a press conference that proved itself to be a treasure trove of shocking revelations. The presser happened after the shooter, identified as 48-year-old Claudio Nevez Valenti, was found dead. Investigators believe he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. These are the five biggest, most shocking revelations made by officials today.
Found dead after 6 days-long manhunt
The shooter was found dead inside a storage unit in Salem, New Hampshire. According to the timeline shared by the police, he carried out a mass shootingat Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, on Dec 13, 2025, killing two students and injuring nine others. Two days later, he committed a murder in Brookline, Massachusetts. Six days after the Brown shooting, on Dec 18, 2025, they found him dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside a storage unit in Salem, New Hampshire.
Brown Uni shooter killed MIT professor in Boston
The biggest revelation made at the press conference was the link between the Ivy League university shooting and the murder of a MIT professor in Boston. The shocking development comes after the Rhode Island police on Tuesday (Dec 16) said that the two high-profile crimes that have rattled academic communities across New England were unrelated.
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Nuno Loureiro, a prominent MIT physicist, was shot in his home earlier this week. Loureiro, 47, was also from Portugal, a coincidence investigators have flagged as potentially significant. Loureiro, a celebrated fusion scientist, was found critically wounded at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts, after police responded to reports of a shooting late Monday (Dec 15) night. He was rushed to the hospital but died the following morning.
Speaking at a press conference in Boston, Leah Foley, the US attorney in Massachusetts, said that Nevez Valenti and Loureiro attended the same academic program in Portugal. They both studied Physics there, and Loureiro went on to teach the subject at MIT.
How Nevez Valenti escaped police for six days
Officials say that Claudio Nevez Valenti was "sophisticated in hiding his tracks". Leah B Foley, the state attorney representing Massachusetts, said that he "was using a phone that was obfuscated the ability to track it".
How were the two cases linked?
At Brown University, the suspect's rented car was identified via CCTV footage and was also identified by a witness. The same car was spotted near the scene of the professor's shooting in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Also read | Also read | Brown University shooting suspect Claudio Nevez Valenti murdered MIT professor Nuno Loureiro, officials reveal
Targeted or random attacks?
As mentioned above, police have established links between the alleged shooter, Claudio Nevez Valenti and MIT professor Nuno Loureiro. However, they were unable to identify any links between the shooter and the two victims of the Brown University shooting - Ella Cook and Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov.
