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who was shooter at brown

The shooter at Brown University was identified as Cláudio Manuel Neves Valente , a Portuguese national and former graduate student at Brown.

What is known about the shooter

  • Valente was a former graduate student at Brown University who returned to campus during final exam week.
  • He entered the Barus and Holley engineering building and opened fire in a classroom, killing two students and wounding nine others.
  • After the attack, he fled the scene before police arrived, prompting a multi-day manhunt involving local and federal authorities.

Aftermath and death

  • Several days later, Valente was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside a storage unit in New Hampshire.
  • Investigators reported finding two firearms with him; one was identified as the weapon used in the Brown University shooting.

Official and political response

  • Brown University officials confirmed that all of the victims in the classroom were students.
  • Following the identification of Valente and details of his immigration status, President Donald Trump directed Homeland Security to suspend the Diversity Immigrant Visa program under which he had gained permanent residency, though legal questions about this order were raised.

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