Individual Accused in Brown University Incident Found Discovered Deceased Inside Storage Facility.
The individual believed to be the weekend's fatal violence at Brown University authorities state took his own life on Thursday evening, according to law enforcement.
His body was discovered at a storage location on Thursday evening, according to information from an official source. This suspect is also believed of killing a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor at a residence in the Boston area.
“He took his own life tonight,” said the chief of the Providence police department during a news briefing.
The police official identified the individual as Claudio Nevis Valenti, a 48-year-old individual enrolled at Brown University.
This news follows a significant law enforcement operation at a storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire earlier on Thursday. Journalists on scene reported seeing multiple agents in tactical gear converging on the location.
The intensive search for the shooter had resumed on Monday after the attorney general's office 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 emphasized that while the letting go was a setback, 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 served as vice-president for a campus political group, and MukhammadAziz Umurzokov, an international student in his first year who aspired to a neurosurgeon.
Authorities are expected to hold a news briefing to deliver further details on the circumstances of the death.