Summary
Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, a gunman, recorded videos revealing he planned a deadly attack on Brown University for months. He killed two students and a professor before taking his own life, and investigators found no clear motive. The investigation is ongoing, with no current public threat.
Key Facts
- Claudio Manuel Neves Valente killed two Brown University students and an MIT professor.
- He planned the attack for six semesters but did not show a motive.
- He left confessional videos, found in a New Hampshire storage unit.
- The videos showed he felt no remorse for the attacks.
- Valente spoke in Portuguese in the recordings, translated by the US justice department.
- The prosecutor's office confirmed Brown University was the intended target.
- Investigators discovered he and the MIT professor attended the same university in Portugal.
- Despite the attack, Valente claimed he held no hatred towards the US.