Person of Interest in Brown University Shooting Found Discovered Dead Inside Storage Facility.
The individual linked to the weekend's deadly shooting incident at Brown University reportedly took his own life on Thursday evening, according to law enforcement.
He was found at a storage location on Thursday evening, as reported citing an official source. This suspect is also suspected 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 police official identified the deceased man as Claudio Nevis Valenti, a 48-year-old student at Brown University.
This news follows a major law enforcement operation at a storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire earlier on Thursday. Witnesses reported seeing numerous agents in tactical gear converging on the location.
The intensive search for the shooter had restarted on Monday after state prosecutors announced that a individual detained on Sunday had been released. This development was admitted to be deeply concerning for the city residents.
Local officials noted that while the letting go was a setback, the overall case continued without interruption.
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 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.
Authorities are scheduled to hold a news briefing to deliver further details on the circumstances of the death.