"According to police, John had several encounters with 48-year-old Claudio Neves Valente before Saturday's attack. As police posted images of a person of interest - now identified as Neves Valente - John began posting on the social media forum Reddit that he recognized the person and theorized that police should look into "possibly a rental" grey Nissan. Reddit users urged him to tell the FBI, and John said he did."
"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."
A tipster known only as "John" provided key information that enabled police to identify Claudio Neves Valente as the suspected gunman. Valente is accused of killing two Brown University students and, two days later, fatally shooting an MIT professor in his Brookline home. A shooter had fired more than 40 rounds inside a Brown engineering building, prompting community anxiety as investigators initially lacked a clear suspect. John had several prior encounters with Valente and posted on Reddit after police released images, suggesting a "possibly a rental" grey Nissan. Authorities received the tip Dec. 16 and found the suspect dead from a self-inflicted gunshot nearly 24 hours after the lead.
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