The man linked to the recent deadly shooting incident at Brown University authorities state took his own life on Thursday night, according to law enforcement.
The discovery was made at a storage facility on Thursday evening, as reported from an official source. This suspect is also suspected of killing a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor at a residence in the Boston area.
âHe committed suicide this evening,â announced the chief of the Providence police department during a press conference.
The police official named the deceased man as Claudio Nevis Valenti, a 48-year-old individual enrolled 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 entering the premises.
The intensive search for the shooter had restarted on Monday after state prosecutors revealed that a individual detained on Sunday had been released. This development was acknowledged to be likely to cause fresh anxiety for the local community.
City leadership emphasized that while the release was a setback, the overall case continued unabated.
The young victims who lost their lives in the attack have been named by family. They are Ella Cook, a sophomore from Alabama who was served as vice-president for a campus political group, and MukhammadAziz Umurzokov, an Uzbek national in his first year who dreamed of becoming a neurosurgeon.
Officials are expected to hold a press conference to provide further details on the suspect's death.
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