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A homeless hero proved instrumental in helping capture the suspect The shooting at Brown University, which is also believed to have killed an MIT professor, After posting a tip on Reddit.
Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Leah B. Foley told reporters that the suspect, identified as Claudio Neves Valente, was found dead in a storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire, on Thursday. A 48-year-old Portuguese national died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound and a pair of firearms used in the attack at Brown University were found in his possession. Foley said.
Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha said, discussing the tipster, “He absolutely blew this case away.”
It was a Reddit user, referred to in the documents as “John,” who said he saw the car driven by Neves Valente sitting in a gray Nissan sedan with a Florida license plate, steps away from the Baras and Holley building, where the Brown shooting occurred.
“I’m being very serious. Police need to look into a gray Nissan with Florida plates, possibly a rental,” the man posted Tuesday. Authorities later confirmed that the post was “consistent with and confirmed by other surveillance footage”.
‘John’ saw the suspected shooter between 1:45 and 2 pm on December 12, just two hours before Navas Valente opened fire at the university.
A source told Fox News on Thursday that he is a homeless man Who used to sleep in Baras and Holi building.
The pair met each other in a campus restroom, with ‘John’ noticing that Neves Valente was wearing clothes that were inappropriate for her. Season,
According to the arrest affidavit, they made eye contact moments before the suspected shooter emerged from the restroom.
‘John’ decided to follow the mysterious man, suspecting his intentions due to his strange attire.
redditor Police say the chase was described as a “game of cat and mouse” and revealed they also encountered Neves Valente.
“Your car is back there, why are you going around the block?” ‘John’ asked.
“Why are you bothering me?” Neves Valente replied before walking away. A 48-year-old man is believed to have committed the crime shooting Shortly after.
When police asked John about the vehicle the stranger had used, they showed them a photo of Neves Valente’s car.
“This is what could happen,” John said, according to the affidavit. Police said this was the breakthrough they needed to catch the killer.
On Thursday, the Reddit user whose post prompted the police notification posted a follow-up message, reading, “This evening I spoke with Providence PoliceThe Rhode Island State Police and I think the FBI were listening in the other room…I have said whatever I had to say on this matter to the right people.
The FBI has not said whether a Reddit tipster will be rewarded with a $50,000 reward offered by the bureau for information about the shooter. In a statement to CBS News on Friday, a spokesperson said the FBI “will not comment on whether reward money has been paid or to whom.”
Meanwhile, new Proof Disclosures shared by Brown University revealed that Neves Valente attended the Ivy League school during the fall of 2000, before taking leave in 2001. Later he left studies completely in 2003.
Foley confirmed that Neves Valente was also a former classmate of the murdered MIT Physics Professor Nuno FG LoureiroThe couple attended an academic course in Portugal from 1995 to 2000.
Neves Valente allegedly murdered Loureiro at her home in Brookline, New Hampshire. three days after the Brown shootingProsecutors say.
However, his reason for targeting his former classmate and his alma mater is unknown.
Foley said officers located Neves Valente after obtaining video footage of his car, which they quickly traced to a dealership.
Upon obtaining the rental agreement for the vehicle, police were eventually provided with the name of Neves Valente. This allowed them to trace him to New Hampshire, where authorities were investigating Murder of prominent nuclear fusion scientist Loureiro,
“Security footage captured him within half a mile of the professor’s residence in Brookline,” Foley told reporters. “And there is video footage of him entering an apartment building at the location of the professor’s apartment.
“About an hour later he was seen entering the storage unit, wearing the same clothes he was seen wearing just after the murder.”
According to sources, the internet is filled with conspiracy theories about the murder jerusalem post That Israeli officials are questioning whether Iranian agents played a role in his death.
Loureiro was one of America’s leading nuclear scientists and spoke publicly in support of Israel. However, jerusalem post Admittedly, US and Israeli officials have confirmed that no evidence has yet been found to authenticate the theory.
Donald Trump has been removed from office due to the firing green card lottery program That Neves Valente was used to re-enter the US in 2017.
This program awards 50,000 green cards per year and allows people from countries underrepresented in the US to obtain visas.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said, “This heinous individual should never be allowed into our country.” written on x“In 2017, President Trump fought to end the program after an ISIS terrorist drove a devastating NYC truckload that entered under the DV1 program and killed eight people,
“At the direction of President Trump, I am immediately directing USCIS to halt the DV1 program to ensure that no more Americans are harmed by this destructive program.”
Neves Valentes’ alma mater Currently mourning two of his studentsElla Cook and Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, whom he killed after opening fire on December 12.
Umurzokov, 18, was an aspiring neurosurgeon before he was shot, whom his family described as their “biggest role model.” gofundme Campaign.
Cook, 19, served as vice president of the Brown University College Republicans before he was killed by Neves Valente.