Person of Interest in Brown University Shooting Located Deceased Inside Self-Storage Unit.
The man suspected of being the weekend's fatal shooting incident at Brown University reportedly died by suicide on Thursday night, according to officials.
He was found at a storage location on Thursday evening, as reported citing an official source. The same individual is also suspected of killing a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor at a residence in the Boston area.
“He committed suicide this evening,” announced the chief of the Providence police department during a news briefing.
The chief identified the individual as Claudio Nevis Valenti, a 48-year-old student at Brown University.
This news follows a major law enforcement presence at a storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire earlier on Thursday. Journalists on scene described seeing multiple armed officers entering the location.
The intensive search for the shooter had resumed on Monday after state prosecutors revealed that a individual detained on Sunday had been let go. This development was admitted to be deeply concerning for the local community.
Local officials emphasized that while the release 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 sophomore from Alabama who was active in a campus political group, and MukhammadAziz Umurzokov, an Uzbek national in his freshman year who dreamed of becoming a neurosurgeon.
Officials are scheduled to hold a press conference to provide further details on the circumstances of the death.
