Suspect in Brown University Incident Located Deceased Inside Self-Storage Unit.
The suspect suspected of being the weekend's deadly shooting incident at Brown University reportedly took his own life on Thursday evening, per law enforcement.
He was found at a storage facility on Thursday evening, as reported from an official source. This suspect is also believed of killing a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor at a residence in the Boston area.
“He committed suicide tonight,” announced the head of the Providence police department during a press conference.
The chief named the individual as Claudio Nevis Valenti, a 48-year-old individual enrolled at Brown University.
This news follows a significant law enforcement presence at a storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire earlier on Thursday. Journalists on scene described seeing numerous armed officers converging on the premises.
The intensive search for the shooter had resumed on Monday after the attorney general's office revealed that a person of interest on Sunday had been released. This development was admitted to be likely to cause fresh anxiety for the city residents.
Local officials emphasized that while the letting go 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 sophomore from Alabama who was served as vice-president for a campus political group, and MukhammadAziz Umurzokov, an international student in his first year who aspired to a neurosurgeon.
Officials are expected to hold a press conference to deliver additional information on the suspect's death.
