Person of Interest in Ivy League Campus Shooting Located Deceased Inside Storage Unit.
The man suspected of being the weekend's fatal shooting incident at Brown University authorities state took his own life on Thursday evening, as stated by law enforcement.
His body was discovered at a storage location on Thursday evening, according to information citing an official source. This suspect is also suspected of the murder of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor at a home in the Boston area.
“He took his own life this evening,” announced the head of the Providence police department during a press conference.
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 police operation at a storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire earlier on Thursday. Witnesses described seeing multiple armed officers entering the location.
The manhunt for the shooter had resumed on Monday after state prosecutors announced that a individual detained on Sunday had been released. This turn of events was admitted to be deeply concerning for the city residents.
City leadership noted that while the release was a disappointment, the overall case continued without interruption.
The young victims who were killed in the attack 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 international student in his first year who dreamed of becoming a neurosurgeon.
Authorities are scheduled to hold a news briefing to deliver additional information on the suspect's death.
