"Claudio Neves Valente, 48, a former Brown student and Portuguese national, was found dead Thursday night from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, said Col. Oscar Perez, the Providence police chief. Investigators believe he is responsible for fatally shooting two students and wounding nine other people in a Brown lecture hall last Saturday, then killing MIT professor Nuno F.G. Loureiro two days later at his home in the Boston suburbs, nearly 50 miles (80 kilometers) from Providence."
"Neves Valente and Loureiro previously attended the same academic program at a university in Portugal between 1995 and 2000, U.S. attorney for Massachusetts Leah B. Foley said. Loureiro graduated from the physics program at Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal's premier engineering school, in 2000, according to his MIT faculty page. The same year, Neves Valente was let go from a position at the Lisbon university, according to an archive of a termination notice from the school's then-president in February 2000."
"Neves Valente had come to Brown on a student visa. He eventually obtained legal permanent residence status in September 2017, Foley said. It was not immediately clear where he was between taking a leave of absence from the school in 2001 and getting the visa in 2017. His last known residence was in Miami. After officials revealed the suspect's identity, President Donald Trump suspended the green card lottery program that allowed Neves Valente to stay in the United States."
Claudio Neves Valente, 48, a former Brown student and Portuguese national, was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Investigators believe he fatally shot two students and wounded nine others in a Brown lecture hall, then killed MIT professor Nuno F.G. Loureiro two days later at his Boston-area home. Neves Valente and Loureiro previously attended the same academic program in Portugal; Loureiro graduated from Instituto Superior Técnico in 2000 while Neves Valente was let go from a Lisbon university position that year. Neves Valente came to Brown on a student visa and obtained U.S. permanent residence in 2017, with his last known residence in Miami. Authorities say many questions about motive remain, and President Donald Trump suspended the green card lottery program after the suspect's identity was revealed.
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