Individual Accused in Brown University Tragedy Located Dead Inside Storage Facility.
The man linked to the weekend's deadly shooting incident at Brown University authorities state took his own life on Thursday night, according to law enforcement.
The discovery was made at a storage location on Thursday evening, according to information citing an enforcement source. This suspect is also suspected of killing a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor at a residence in the Boston area.
“He took his own life this evening,” announced the head of the Providence police department during a press conference.
The chief identified the individual as Claudio Nevis Valenti, a 48-year-old individual enrolled at Brown University.
This news comes after a major law enforcement presence at a storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire earlier on Thursday. Journalists on scene described seeing numerous armed officers entering the premises.
The intensive search for the shooter had resumed on Monday after state prosecutors announced that a person of interest on Sunday had been released. This development was acknowledged to be deeply concerning for the local community.
City leadership noted that while the letting go was a setback, the broader investigation continued unabated.
The two students who lost their lives in the attack have been named by family. They are Ella Cook, a second-year student from Alabama who was served as vice-president for a campus political group, and MukhammadAziz Umurzokov, an international student in his freshman year who aspired to a neurosurgeon.
Authorities are scheduled to hold a press conference to provide further details on the circumstances of the death.
