Suspect in Brown University Tragedy Found Discovered Deceased Inside Storage Unit.
The man linked to the weekend's fatal violence at Brown University reportedly committed suicide on Thursday evening, as stated by law enforcement.
The discovery was made at a storage facility on Thursday evening, as reported from an enforcement source. The same individual is also suspected of killing a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor at a residence in the Boston area.
“He took his own life this evening,” announced the chief of the Providence police department during a news briefing.
The chief named the deceased man as Claudio Nevis Valenti, a 48-year-old individual enrolled at Brown University.
This news comes after a major law enforcement operation at a storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire earlier on Thursday. Journalists on scene reported seeing numerous armed officers entering the premises.
The manhunt for the perpetrator had resumed on Monday after state prosecutors announced that a person of interest on Sunday had been released. This turn of events was admitted to be deeply concerning for the local community.
Local officials emphasized that while the release was a disappointment, the broader investigation was not paused unabated.
The young victims who lost their lives in the shooting have been named by family. They are Ella Cook, a second-year student from Alabama who was active in a campus political group, and MukhammadAziz Umurzokov, an international student in his freshman year who aspired to a neurosurgeon.
Officials are scheduled to hold a press conference to deliver further details on the circumstances of the death.