Claudio Neves Valente, 48, was identified as the alleged perpetrator of the shooting at Brown University last Saturday, where two people died and nine others were injured. The shooter was found dead in New Hampshire, and authorities confirmed that the man was responsible for the death of an MIT professor with whom he apparently studied in Portugal. The Providence Police Department stated in a press conference that Neves Valente, a Portuguese citizen, was found dead in a storage unit in New Hampshire with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The shooter committed suicide. “Claudio Manuel Neves Valente died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in New Hampshire after warrants were issued charging him with murder and related crimes,” they emphasized during the press conference. The Boston District Attorney's office reported that, following the investigation, Neves is responsible for the murder of Professor Nuno FG Loureiro of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), which occurred two days after he committed the shooting at Brown University. Authorities shared that the attacker acted alone. Brown University President Christina Paxson said that Neves Valente was enrolled at Brown from the fall of 2000 to the spring of 2001, AP reported.

Neves and Loureiro studied at the University of Lisbon

Apparently, he was admitted to graduate school to study physics. And the relationship that existed with the MIT professor is because the two attended the same academic program in Portugal, so they concluded that he knew the professor personally.

Massachusetts Attorney Leah B. Foley indicated that Neves and Loureiro studied at the University of Lisbon. The MIT professor graduated from the physics program at the Instituto Superior Tecnico in 2000. That same year, Neves was fired from his position at the university, EFE reported.

He entered the U.S.with a student visa

The motives that led Neves to commit the two acts of violence were not revealed by the authorities because the investigation is still ongoing, although they did acknowledge that the attacker was “very sophisticated” in evading the police because he used several phones and credit cards that did not have his name on them, they commented at the press conference.

Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha noted that Neves Valente entered the United States with a student visa and obtained legal permanent resident status in 2017. His last known address was in Miami.