Suspect in Ivy League Campus Shooting Found Discovered Dead Inside Self-Storage Unit.
The man suspected of being the weekend's fatal violence at Brown University authorities state took his own life on Thursday night, according to officials.
His body was discovered at a storage location on Thursday evening, according to information from an official source. This suspect is also believed of the murder of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor at a residence in the Boston area.
“He took his own life this evening,” announced the head of the Providence police department during a news briefing.
The police official named the individual as Claudio Nevis Valenti, a 48-year-old individual enrolled at Brown University.
This development follows a major police operation at a storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire earlier on Thursday. Journalists on scene reported seeing numerous armed officers entering the premises.
The manhunt for the perpetrator had resumed on Monday after state prosecutors announced that a person of interest on Sunday had been let go. This development was admitted to be likely to cause fresh anxiety for the city residents.
City leadership emphasized that while the release was a disappointment, the broader investigation continued unabated.
The two students who lost their lives in the attack have been named by family. They are Ella Cook, a second-year student 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 scheduled to hold a press conference to provide further details on the suspect's death.