Suspect in Brown University Incident Found Discovered Deceased Inside Self-Storage Unit.
The suspect linked to the recent deadly shooting incident at Brown University reportedly committed suicide on Thursday night, according to law enforcement.
He was found at a storage facility on Thursday evening, according to information citing an enforcement source. This suspect is also believed of killing a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor at a home in the Boston area.
“He ended his own life tonight,” said the chief of the Providence police department during a news briefing.
The police official identified the individual as Claudio Nevis Valenti, a 48-year-old individual enrolled at Brown University.
This development comes after a major police presence at a storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire earlier on Thursday. Witnesses reported seeing numerous armed officers entering the location.
The manhunt for the shooter had resumed on Monday after state prosecutors revealed that a person of interest on Sunday had been released. This turn of events was admitted to be deeply concerning for the city residents.
Local officials noted that while the release was a setback, the broader investigation was not paused without interruption.
The two students who lost their lives in the attack have been identified. They are Ella Cook, a second-year student from Alabama who was served as vice-president for a campus political group, and MukhammadAziz Umurzokov, an international student in his freshman year who dreamed of becoming a neurosurgeon.
Officials are expected to hold a news briefing to provide additional information on the suspect's death.
