Individual Accused in Brown University Shooting Found Discovered Dead Inside Storage Unit.
The man suspected of being the weekend's fatal violence at Brown University authorities state took his own life on Thursday night, according to law enforcement.
The discovery was made at a storage facility on Thursday evening, according to information from an enforcement source. This suspect is also believed of the murder of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor at a residence in the Boston area.
“He ended his own life this evening,” announced the chief 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 news comes after a significant law enforcement presence at a storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire earlier on Thursday. Journalists on scene described seeing numerous agents in tactical gear entering the premises.
The intensive search for the shooter had resumed on Monday after the attorney general's office revealed that a individual detained on Sunday had been let go. This turn of events was acknowledged to be deeply concerning for the city residents.
City leadership emphasized that while the release was a disappointment, the overall case continued unabated.
The two students who were killed in the attack have been identified. They are Ella Cook, a second-year student from Alabama who was active in a campus political group, and MukhammadAziz Umurzokov, an Uzbek national in his freshman year who aspired to a neurosurgeon.
Officials are expected to hold a news briefing to provide additional information on the suspect's death.
