The gunman who killed two students at Brown University was found dead in a storage unit as it was revealed his main target was an MIT professor he shot dead in Boston.
The suspect – 48-year-old Claudio Neves Valente – was revealed to be a Portuguese national who studied at the Ivy League school in Rhode Island more than 20 years ago.
After being on the lam for days, his eventual demise stemmed from a Reddit post that flagged his suspicious activity outside the Providence campus.
🚨 BREAKING: It's been confirmed that a HOMELESS MAN blew the Brown University shooting case "wide open" through a Reddit post, named John
He called the tip line and flagged his OWN Reddit post, and was seen on video walking very close to the shooter
The man might get the $50K… pic.twitter.com/pr1j40UtOZ
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) December 19, 2025
h/t Patti Jo
