US EditionNew Person of Interest Identified in Brown University Shooting, May Be Linked to MIT Professor’s Killing: Report
Law enforcement identified a person of interest connected to two shootings that killed three and injured nine, while probing forensic and digital evidence for links, officials said.
- Dec. 18, 2025, New England law enforcement is pursuing a new person of interest in the Brown University shooting that killed two and wounded nine in the Barus & Holley engineering building.
- Within the past 24 hours investigators disclosed they are examining whether the Brown University shooting and the killing of MIT professor Nuno F.G. Loureiro are connected, after FBI Boston Special Agent Ted Docks said earlier they saw no link.
- Nuno F.G. Loureiro, 47, was shot multiple times at his Gibbs Street, Brookline home and later died at a Boston hospital; he directed MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center since last year with more than 250 staff.
- Authorities have canvassed neighborhoods, received hundreds of tips, and set up an FBI tip webpage at FBI.gov/brownuniversityshooting and hotlines at 1-800-CALL-FBI and Providence Police 401-272-3121, with a press update scheduled for 4 p.m.
- Experts note that surveillance footage, cell phone and internet records and DNA will aid the search, as Joseph Giacalone said, `They have the advantage of chaos in their favor`.
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The 48-year-old Portuguese man was found in a warehouse, while evidence was found at the scene linking him to the attack at the Ivy League University - How did the authorities locate him?
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South China Morning PostSuspect in Brown University shooting and MIT professor’s killing found dead
Providence, R.I. — A man who is suspected of killing two and wounding several others at Brown University has been found dead in a New Hampshire storage facility where he had rented a unit, officials said.
Police say the suspect in the Brown University shooting has been found dead. He is also believed to have been responsible for the murder of an MIT professor days after the shooting, according to prosecutors.
Suspect identified in Brown University shooting; linked to slain MIT professor
The suspect in the mass shooting at Brown University has been identified as a former student and a Portuguese national. He was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in New Hampshire, according to officials. Authorities said the suspect has been linked to the fatal shooting of an MIT professor in Boston. Providence police confirmed on Thursday night that the suspect was Claudio Neves-Valente, a 48-year-old former Brown University student…
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