FBI reveals Brown University mass shooter began plotting massacre as early as 2022, blamed victims

The FBI and U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts person concluded their probe into the horrific December wide shooting astatine Brown University and the consequent execution of an MIT professor, revealing that the lone gunman started plotting the onslaught arsenic aboriginal arsenic 2022.

Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, 48, a Portuguese nationalist who lived arsenic a ineligible imperishable nonmigratory successful Miami, Florida, carried retired the December 13 massacre successful Providence, Rhode Island, earlier murdering MIT Professor Nuno Loureiro successful Brookline, Massachusetts, 2 days later.

Two Brown students, Ella Cook, 19, and Muhammad Aziz Umurzokov, 18, were killed successful the on-campus onslaught and 9 different radical were wounded.

Valente, a erstwhile Brown student, studied physics with Loureiro from the autumn of 2000 done the outpouring of 2001 earlier withdrawing from the programme by 2003. The FBI confirmed the shootings had nary transportation with terrorism.

Federal prosecutors successful Massachusetts released an representation of Claudio Neves-Valente, identified successful deadly shootings astatine Brown University successful Rhode Island and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology successful Cambridge. (U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts)

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According to the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit, Valente viewed his victims arsenic "symbolic" targets. Struggling with semipermanent suicidal ideations, paranoia and an ongoing "failure to thrive," the unemployed erstwhile ride-hailing driver had an "inflated consciousness of self" and blamed others for preventing him from reaching his afloat potential.

Valente, a erstwhile physics prodigy, utilized unit to flooded his shame and punish those helium felt contributed to his downfall, investigators found.

The FBI said the attacks were meticulously planned implicit respective years successful isolation.

Providence constabulary hunt level by level aft a shooting astatine Brown University successful Providence, R.I., connected Dec. 13, 2025. Nine radical were injured and 2 were killed. (Providence Police Department)

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Valente began plotting the Brown University massacre arsenic aboriginal arsenic 2022, renting a retention portion successful Salem, New Hampshire, to stash his weapons.

Officials said that due to the fact that of his transient manner and societal isolation, Valente did not person household oregon peers to study informing signs to authorities.

Following the 2 shootings, Valente near down a chilling bid of audio and video files confessing to the murders, showing nary signs of remorse and failing to explicate wherefore helium committed the crimes.

An bare Barus and Holley Room 166 astatine Brown University successful Providence, R.I., wherever a antheral opened occurrence during an ECON 0110 reappraisal league connected Dec. 13, 2024, shooting 11 students. (Kenna Lee/The Brown Daily Herald)

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In 1 file, helium called his shooting victims "kind of stupid." Valente added that helium didn't "give a d---" if helium was judged for his actions.

Authorities recovered his assemblage successful Salem, New Hampshire, alongside 2 9mm Glock pistols aft helium committed suicide.

Investigators cod grounds astatine the country wherever Brown University shooter Claudio Manuel Neves-Valente was recovered dormant successful Salem, N.H., connected Dec. 19, 2025. (David McGlynn/Fox News Digital)

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The FBI noted some firearms, a Glock 34 utilized astatine Brown University and a Glock 26 utilized successful the execution of Loureiro, were legally purchased by Valente from a Florida pawn store successful 2020 and 2022.

Officials said the multi-agency probe into Valente's motivations progressive scouring much than 11,000 surveillance files, analyzing implicit 2,100 audio and video files from his idiosyncratic devices, and conducting upward of 260 interviews.