Person of Interest in Brown University Tragedy Found Discovered Dead Inside Self-Storage Unit.
The individual linked to the recent deadly violence at Brown University reportedly died by suicide on Thursday evening, according to officials.
He was found at a storage facility on Thursday evening, according to information citing an enforcement source. The same individual is also suspected of the murder of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor at a home in the Boston area.
“He took his own life tonight,” announced the chief of the Providence police department during a press conference.
The police official identified the deceased man as Claudio Nevis Valenti, a 48-year-old student at Brown University.
This news comes after a significant police operation at a storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire earlier on Thursday. Journalists on scene reported seeing numerous agents in tactical gear converging on the premises.
The intensive search for the shooter had restarted on Monday after state prosecutors announced that a person of interest on Sunday had been let go. This turn of events was admitted to be deeply concerning for the city residents.
Local officials noted that while the letting go was a setback, the broader investigation continued unabated.
The young victims who lost their lives in the shooting have been identified. They are Ella Cook, a sophomore 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 additional information on the suspect's death.