Students injured in Brown University shooting sue school over alleged security failures
Summary
Three students injured in a December shooting at Brown University have sued the school, claiming it ignored warnings about the shooter and failed to provide enough security to stop the attack. The lawsuits say the students suffered serious injuries because the university did not act on prior reports about the attacker.Key Facts
- Three students injured in the Brown University shooting have filed lawsuits against the school.
- The lawsuits accuse Brown University of ignoring warnings about the shooter and not maintaining proper security.
- The shooter, Claudio Neves Valente, opened fire in a campus building on December 13, killing two students and wounding nine others.
- Neves Valente also killed a professor from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology two days later and then died by suicide.
- A custodian had reportedly warned Brown's security that the shooter was "casing" or checking out the building before the shooting.
- Brown University’s president put campus police on leave and started reviewing security policies after the shooting.
- Questions remain about whether the building had security cameras and how easy it was to access the campus buildings.
- Brown University is reviewing the lawsuits and has made no detailed comment out of respect for the plaintiffs’ privacy.
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