Suspect in Brown University Shooting Found Discovered Dead Inside Self-Storage Unit.
The individual linked to the weekend's deadly shooting incident at Brown University reportedly died by suicide on Thursday night, per law enforcement.
He was found at a storage location on Thursday evening, as reported from an enforcement source. The same individual is also suspected of killing a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor at a home in the Boston area.
“He committed suicide this evening,” stated the chief of the Providence police department during a news briefing.
The chief named the deceased man as Claudio Nevis Valenti, a 48-year-old individual enrolled at Brown University.
This development comes after a major law enforcement operation at a storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire earlier on Thursday. Witnesses described seeing numerous armed officers entering the premises.
The manhunt for the perpetrator had resumed 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 local community.
Local officials noted that while the release was a disappointment, the overall case continued unabated.
The young victims who lost their lives in the attack have been identified. They are Ella Cook, a sophomore from Alabama who was served as vice-president for a campus political group, and MukhammadAziz Umurzokov, an international student in his freshman year who dreamed of becoming a neurosurgeon.
Officials are scheduled to hold a press conference to deliver additional information on the circumstances of the death.
