DOJ Says Brown University Shooting Suspect Responsible For MIT Professor’s Murder

The rumors have been confirmed

The DOJ has confirmed the Brown University shooting suspect who was found dead in a storage unit in new Hampshire is directly connected to the murder of MIT professor.

The announcement was shortly after investigators were able to link a rental car that was seen at both crime scenes.

Fox News broke the story:

U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Leah B. Foley confirmed Thursday that Claudio Manuel Neves-Valente was responsible for both the Brown University shooting and the murder of MIT professor Nuno Loureiro.

She confirmed that both individuals attended same academic program from 1995 to 2000.

Authorities say a motive for both attacks is unclear.

BREAKING: Authorities say Claudio Manuel Neves-Valente carried out the Brown University attack and is also responsible for the murder of MIT professor Nuno F.G. Loureiro in Brookline, Massachusetts. pic.twitter.com/5qTfOpRn3m

— Fox News (@FoxNews) December 19, 2025

NBC News reported Valente went to school with Loureiro:

The MIT professor who was shot and killed went to the same university in Portugal at the same time as the suspect in his killing, the university confirms.

Nuno Loureiro, who was found fatally shot in his Boston-area home, and the suspect, Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, went to the University of Lisbon’s school of engineering and technology, the Instituto Superior Técnico, from 1995 to 2000, the university said in a statement.

The university called Loureiro a “brilliant colleague” and said its community is “deeply distressed by his premature passing.”

The suspect in Saturday’s shooting at Brown University and the fatal shooting of an MIT professor days later is dead, law enforcement officials said Thursday night.

Authorities found the suspect, Portuguese national Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, 48, dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a storage facility in New Hampshire.

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The discovery marked the end of a five-day manhunt that began after two students were killed and nine more injured at Brown.

⭕️ BREAKING: Brown University Shooter Claudio Manuel Neves-Valente was Enrolled as PhD Student in Physics in Early 2000s

MIT Professor murdered in Massachusetts was Portuguese and a physicist.

They reportedly attended the same school in Portugal. pic.twitter.com/ukVowvqvh1

— ZIONS OF ISRAEL (@Israeli_Sniper) December 19, 2025