Providence Police work the scene of a shooting in the area of Eddy Street and Sayles Street in Providence, Rhode Island, United States December 15, 2025.
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The man suspected of the mass shooting at Brown University that killed two students last Saturday was found dead on Thursday, authorities said in Providence, Rhode Island.
The suspect was identified as Claudio Manuel Nueves Valente, a 48-year-old who had been a graduate student in physics at Brown in the early 2000s.
Authorities announced his identity and suspected role in the Brown shooting hours after his body was discovered in Salem, New Hampshire.
Valente had been a PhD program student in physics at Brown.
Valente is the “individual we believe responsible for the Brown shooting,” FBI Special-Agent-in-Charge Ted Docks said at a press conference in Providence.
“Many questions need to be answered,” Docks said.
Authorities believe Valente acted alone, they said.
Brown University President Christina Paxson said, “It is safe to assume that this man, when he was a student, spent a lot of time in that building” where Saturday’s shooting occurred.
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