Person of Interest in Brown University Tragedy Located Dead Inside Self-Storage Unit.
The suspect linked to the weekend's deadly violence at Brown University reportedly died by suicide on Thursday night, per law enforcement.
His body was discovered at a storage facility on Thursday evening, according to information citing 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 tonight,” stated the chief of the Providence police department during a news briefing.
The police official identified the deceased man as Claudio Nevis Valenti, a 48-year-old student at Brown University.
This development follows a significant police presence at a storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire earlier on Thursday. Witnesses reported seeing multiple agents in tactical gear converging on the location.
The manhunt for the shooter had resumed on Monday after state prosecutors announced that a person of interest on Sunday had been let go. This turn of events was admitted to be deeply concerning for the city residents.
City leadership noted that while the release was a setback, the overall case was not paused unabated.
The young victims who lost their lives in the attack have been identified. They are Ella Cook, a sophomore from Alabama who was active in a campus political group, and MukhammadAziz Umurzokov, an international student in his freshman year who dreamed of becoming a neurosurgeon.
Authorities are expected to hold a press conference to deliver further details on the circumstances of the death.
