"Ever since a shooter unloaded more than 40 rounds inside a Brown engineering building, anxiety and frustration has plagued the Providence, Rhode Island, community as police appeared no closer to identifying the person. Yet on the sixth day of the investigation, the case gathered steam, ending with police announcing late Thursday they had found the suspected gunman dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound."
""He blew this case right open," said Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha of the information provided by the individual that resulted in finding the gunman nearly 24 hours later. "When you crack it, you crack it," he said. According to police, John had several encounters with 48-year-old Claudio Neves Valente before Saturday's attack. The police affidavit said they learned about the tip on Dec. 16, three days after the shooting and a day after the tip line was created."
A tipster who had a strange sidewalk encounter outside Brown University identified a man who matched images released by police and provided details that led to the suspect's identification. The tipster was known only as John in a Providence police affidavit. A shooter fired more than 40 rounds inside a Brown engineering building, killing two students and triggering anxiety across Providence. Police received John's tip on Dec. 16, three days after the shooting and a day after a tip line was created. The suspect was identified as 48-year-old Claudio Neves Valente. Police later found the suspected gunman dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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