Claudio Manuel Neves-Valente identified as Brown University and MIT shooting suspect, found dead –Claudio Manuel Neves-Valente is believed to have killed 2 students at Brown University before gunning down an MIT professor days later | 18 Dec 2025 | Authorities have identified the suspect in Saturday’s mass shooting at Brown University, which left two students dead and nine injured during a finals week review session. His name is Claudio Manuel Neves-Valente, according to Providence police. He was found dead Thursday evening, authorities announced at a press briefing Thursday evening, after law enforcement officers in tactical gear were seen outside a storage unit linked to him in Salem, New Hampshire, for hours. Neves-Valente, 48, was a Portuguese national and studied at Brown from the fall of 2000 to the spring of 2001 to study physics, according to Brown President Christina Paxson. But he went on a leave of absence and ultimately withdrew in 2003.