Man who killed Brown students, MIT professor targeted symbolic victims tied to grievances, FBI says
The FBI believes Claudio Neves Valente targeted Brown University and MIT professor Nuno F.G. Loureiro due to personal grievances and perceived injustices. Neves Valente, a former Brown doctoral student, killed two students and wounded nine others at Brown before killing Loureiro at his home.
Federal investigators believe Claudio Neves Valente, 48, targeted Brown University and MIT professor Nuno F.G. Loureiro in a mass shooting and murder. Neves Valente, a Portuguese national and former Brown doctoral student, spent years planning the attacks in isolation. On December 13, he killed two students and wounded nine others at Brown's engineering building. Two days later, he killed Loureiro at his Brookline, Massachusetts home. Neves Valente was later found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in a Salem, New Hampshire storage facility. The FBI described Neves Valente as a man who built a narrative of grievance and inadequacy, with Brown University and Loureiro representing his personal failures and perceived injustices. The firearms used were legally purchased in Florida years earlier. Students injured in the attack have filed a lawsuit against Brown University, alleging ignored warnings and inadequate security.
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