Suspect in Brown University Tragedy Located Dead Inside Storage Facility.
The suspect suspected of being the recent fatal shooting incident at Brown University authorities state died by suicide on Thursday night, according to officials.
His body was discovered at a storage location on Thursday evening, as reported from an enforcement source. This suspect is also believed of the murder of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor at a residence in the Boston area.
“He ended his own life tonight,” said the chief of the Providence police department during a press conference.
The chief named the individual as Claudio Nevis Valenti, a 48-year-old student at Brown University.
This news follows a significant police presence at a storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire earlier on Thursday. Witnesses reported seeing multiple armed officers entering the location.
The manhunt for the shooter had restarted on Monday after state prosecutors revealed that a individual detained on Sunday had been released. This development was acknowledged to be deeply concerning for the city residents.
City leadership noted that while the letting go was a disappointment, the broader investigation was not paused unabated.
The young victims who were killed in the attack have been identified. They are Ella Cook, a second-year student from Alabama who was served as vice-president for a campus political group, and MukhammadAziz Umurzokov, an international student in his first year who dreamed of becoming a neurosurgeon.
Officials are scheduled to hold a press conference to provide additional information on the circumstances of the death.