Brown shooting and murder of MIT professor were 'symbolic,' FBI concludes
The FBI concluded that the December shootings at Brown University and the murder of an MIT professor were 'symbolic in nature', committed by Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, a Portuguese national. The shootings targeted institutions and a person Neves Valente perceived as contributing to his personal failures.
The FBI released a report stating that the December shootings at Brown University and the murder of an MIT professor were 'symbolic in nature'. Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, a 48-year-old Portuguese national, committed the attacks. Two students died and nine were injured at Brown University on December 13, 2025. Neves Valente then killed MIT professor Nuno F.G. Loureiro at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts, two days later. The FBI determined that Neves Valente had been planning the attack for several years and had no criminal record or nexus to terrorism. The shooter's victims were symbolic of his personal failures and perceived injustices. Neves Valente was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a New Hampshire storage unit after a manhunt.
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