Single suspect in Brown University and M.I.T. professor shootings was found dead : reports

Dec. 19, 2025

Law enforcement officials reported that an immigrant with legal, permanent residency from Portugal, Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, 48, was the suspect in the two shootings. He was found dead in New Hampshire on Thursday night. Valente was reported to have been a graduate student at Brown more than 20 years ago, and he had been living in Miami prior to traveling to the Northeast last month.

Further Reading :

• Brown U. and MIT professor shootings are linked; suspect found dead, officials say [The Washington Post]
  Dec. 19, 2025 — The alleged shooter, Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, was a legal permanent U.S. resident and had been a graduate student at Brown two decades ago, authorities said.
• Suspect in Death of M.I.T. Professor Was a Former Classmate, Prosecutors Say [The New York Times]
  Dec. 19, 2025 — Nuno F.G. Loureiro, the professor, attended the same physics program in Portugal as the man suspected in his killing.
• MIT professor and fusion scientist shot dead at his home [NBC News]
  Dec. 16, 2025 — Nuno Loureiro, 47, was found fatally shot at his Brookline home Monday night, officials said.

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