Suspect in Brown University Shooting Found Discovered Dead Inside Self-Storage Unit.
The man believed to be the weekend's deadly violence at Brown University authorities state took his own life on Thursday night, according to officials.
His body was discovered at a storage location on Thursday evening, as reported citing an enforcement source. This suspect is also believed of the murder of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor at a home in the Boston area.
“He ended his own life tonight,” stated the head of the Providence police department during a press conference.
The chief identified the individual as Claudio Nevis Valenti, a 48-year-old individual enrolled at Brown University.
This development follows a major law enforcement operation at a storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire earlier on Thursday. Witnesses reported seeing multiple armed officers entering the location.
The manhunt for the perpetrator had resumed on Monday after state prosecutors revealed that a individual detained on Sunday had been let go. This development was admitted to be likely to cause fresh anxiety for the local community.
Local officials emphasized that while the release was a disappointment, the broader investigation continued without interruption.
The two students who lost their lives in the shooting have been named by family. They are Ella Cook, a sophomore from Alabama who was served as vice-president for a campus political group, and MukhammadAziz Umurzokov, an Uzbek national in his first year who dreamed of becoming a neurosurgeon.
Officials are expected to hold a news briefing to provide further details on the circumstances of the death.
