did they catch the brown university shooter

The Brown University shooter was not taken alive and was never formally arrested; the suspect was found dead from an apparent self‑inflicted gunshot wound after a multi‑day manhunt, so there was no public “perp walk” or trial.

What happened to the shooter?

• The suspected gunman was identified as Cláudio Manuel Neves Valente, a former Brown University student and Portuguese national.

• After the December 13, 2025 attack on Brown’s campus, he fled the scene, triggering a large FBI‑assisted manhunt across several states.

• On December 18, authorities located Valente dead inside a storage unit in New Hampshire, where he had died by suicide with the same gun used in the Brown shooting.

Why early reports were confusing

• In the first 24 hours, officials briefly detained a “person of interest,” and some media and political figures incorrectly suggested the shooter was in custody, but that individual was later released and cleared.

• Police then shifted messaging back to emphasize that the real shooter remained at large, which is why social media and forum discussions may still show conflicting claims about whether he had been “caught.”

Current status as of late December 2025

• Law enforcement consider the case closed in terms of the immediate threat because the suspected perpetrator is deceased and the weapon used in the Brown shooting was recovered with his body.

• Investigators are still working on the motive , his movements between Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, and any potential warning signs he left behind, but no wider conspiracy or additional suspects have been publicly identified.

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