The man suspected of being 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 facility on Thursday evening, as reported from an enforcement source. This suspect is also believed of the murder of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor at a home in the Boston area.
âHe ended his own life this evening,â stated the head of the Providence police department during a press conference.
The police official identified the individual as Claudio Nevis Valenti, a 48-year-old individual enrolled at Brown University.
This news comes after a significant police presence at a storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire earlier on Thursday. Witnesses described seeing multiple armed officers converging on the premises.
The intensive search for the perpetrator had resumed on Monday after the attorney general's office announced that a person of interest on Sunday had been let go. This development was acknowledged to be likely to cause fresh anxiety for the local community.
City leadership emphasized that while the letting go was a disappointment, the overall case continued without interruption.
The young victims 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 freshman year who dreamed of becoming a neurosurgeon.
Officials are expected to hold a news briefing to provide further details on the circumstances of the death.
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