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Who is Claudio Valente? Brown University Shooting Suspect Found Dead

Who is Claudio Valente? Brown University Shooting Suspect Found Dead

Summary

Claudio Neves Valente, a former Brown University student and Portuguese national, was identified as the suspect in a mass shooting at the university. He was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in New Hampshire. Valente allegedly shot two students and injured nine others, and he was also linked to the killing of a Portuguese MIT professor.

Key Facts

  • Claudio Neves Valente was a former student at Brown University.
  • He was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in New Hampshire.
  • He was accused of a mass shooting at Brown University, which resulted in two deaths and nine injuries.
  • Valente was also suspected of killing a Portuguese MIT professor two days after the university shooting.
  • Valente studied physics as a graduate student at Brown from fall 2000 to spring 2001.
  • He had no current connection with the university.
  • Valente and the slain professor previously attended the same university program in Portugal.

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