"The suspect in the shooting Saturday at Brown University that killed two students and injured nine was found dead in a New Hampshire storage unit, authorities announced Thursday night. Claudio Neves Valente, 48, was discovered at a storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire, said Providence Police Chief Col. Oscar Perez at a news conference. Neves Valente was a Brown student and Portuguese national, who was last known to live in Miami, Perez said."
"The arrest came as a relief to many on campus and in the surrounding Providence community, who endured five days of fear and uncertainty as the investigation foundered with few leads. "Tonight our Providence neighbors can finally breathe a little easier," said Providence Mayor Brett Smiley. Perez said Monday the attack was "definitely targeted" but did not elaborate. Brown's campus and parts of the surrounding neighborhood were ordered to shelter-in-place."
"The day of the shooting, authorities released the first images from area surveillance cameras of a man who they believed to be connected to the shooting, offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to his identification and arrest. Law enforcement officials on Sunday initially focused on a different "person of interest" but cleared and released him later that night. Investigators continued to scour the area for clues, forming lines and sweeping aside freshly fallen snow with their feet as they searched neighboring streets."
Claudio Neves Valente, 48, was found dead in a storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire. The shooting at Brown University on Saturday killed two students and injured nine. Authorities tracked Neves Valente through video surveillance that led to a car rental agency in Massachusetts and discovered him at the storage unit. Brown's campus and parts of the surrounding neighborhood were ordered to shelter in place during the investigation. Officials offered a $50,000 reward after releasing surveillance images of a man believed connected to the shooting and initially questioned another person of interest who was later cleared. Local officials described the attack as targeted and said the arrest brought relief to the campus and Providence community.
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