Claudio Manuel Neves-Valente identified as Brown University shooting suspect, found dead

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Authorities person identified the fishy successful Saturday's wide shooting astatine Brown University, which near 2 students dormant and 9 injured during a finals week reappraisal session.

His sanction is Claudio Manuel Neves-Valente, according to the FBI. 

He was recovered dormant Thursday evening, authorities announced astatine a property briefing Thursday evening, aft instrumentality enforcement officers successful tactical cogwheel were seen extracurricular a retention portion linked to him successful Salem, New Hampshire, for hours.

The shooting happened astir 4 p.m. Saturday astatine a finals week survey league astatine the Barus and Holley Building connected the eastbound borderline of campus.

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A divided representation showing aggregate inactive frames from the surveillance video taken adjacent Brown University of a idiosyncratic of involvement earlier and aft a schoolhouse shooting Saturday. (FBI Boston)

Detectives initially questioned a idiosyncratic of involvement astatine a edifice extracurricular municipality but ruled him retired arsenic a suspect, according to authorities.

Police spent days canvassing the vicinity for surveillance video, which turned up images of a idiosyncratic of involvement — a masked, stocky fig who stood astir 5 feet, 8 inches gangly and walked with an unusual gait.

Susan Constantine, a assemblage connection expert, said 1 cardinal marker is however the idiosyncratic of interest's close limb bows inward portion his toed points outward arsenic helium walks.

Interior presumption of Barus and Holley Room 166 connected the field of Brown University successful Providence, R.I. On Saturday, Dec. 13, astir 4p.m., a masked antheral with a weapon entered a reappraisal league successful Barus & Holley Room 166 for ECON 0110: "Principles of Economics," shouted thing indiscernible and opened fire. (Kenna Lee/The Brown Daily Herald)

Then they shared images of a 2nd idiosyncratic who they said whitethorn person accusation astir the idiosyncratic they were seeking and asked for the public's assistance identifying some of them.

Six of the surviving victims remained hospitalized arsenic of Thursday day successful unchangeable condition.

Members of the FBI Evidence Response Team hunt for grounds adjacent the field of Brown University, Monday, Dec. 15, 2025, successful Providence, R.I. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP Photo)

The 2 killed were identified arsenic Ella Cook of Alabama and Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov of Virginia.

The surrounding assemblage spent days waiting for answers, with residents connected borderline aft the schoolhouse sent students location aboriginal successful the aftermath of the shooting.

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