Autopsy: Suspect in Brown University shooting died by suicide days before he was found

Claudio Neves-Valente, identified as the Brown University gunman, was found dead at a Salem, NH, storage unit on Dec. 18. Photo/Providence Police Department

CONCORD, NH โ€“ Autopsy results were released Friday for Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, 48, formerly of Miami, Florida, identified as the suspected gunman in the Brown University shooting last weekend.

The examination by NH Chief Medical Examiner confirmed that Mr. Neves Valente died as a result of a gunshot wound of the head, and that his manner of death was suicide.

Based on the examination findings and investigative information available to date, Mr. Neves Valente is estimated to have died on December 16, 2025.

The body was discovered late Thursday by federal agents and local police who converged at Extra Space Storage in Salem.

According to CBS News Valente was also identified as the suspect in the shooting death of an MIT professor in Brookline, Massachusetts. More information here.



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