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The suspected shooter in the Brown University shooting was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to Fox News. According to the officers, the suspect was identified as Claudio Manuel Neves-Valente, a 48-year-old Brown University student and Portuguese national from Miami, Florida.The authorities have released the photo of the suspect. On Thursday, authorities told CBS sources they were probing connections between the Brown University shooting and the death of Nuno F Gomes Loureiro, 47, from Portugal, who was shot “multiple times” on Monday at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts, about 80 km from Providence. Police have obtained an arrest warrant for a suspect, sources said. They added that a rental car matching the same description was seen at both crime scenes.It is notable to notice that Portugal is the same country where the MIT professor was from, allegedly committed by Valente.On Wednesday, investigators released a photo of an individual believed to have been in close proximity to their primary person of interest. Providence police chief Oscar Perez said they wanted to speak with the person, “who may have information relevant to the investigation”. He added that the killer “could be anywhere” and “we don’t know where the person is or who he is”.A day earlier, police showed footage of a person of interest in a black mask walking around the university campus, possibly “casing” the area before the crime, Perez said.Members of the public have expressed frustration over the investigation’s slow progress. In response, Rhode Island attorney general Peter Neronha said he believed the killer would be caught “and it is just a matter of time before we catch him”.The FBI has offered a Rs 41.5 lakh reward for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the person responsible for the attack.The shooting occurred at Brown University’s Barus & Holley engineering building during final exams. Authorities identified the two students killed as Ella Cook, a sophomore from Alabama, and Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, an Uzbek-American freshman.
