At least 2 killed and several more hurt in shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island

[Canuck Conservative]

They said he was a physics student at Brown 25 years ago, and also that he's a Portugese National, not an American citizen

Does that mean he was illegally in the country for 25 years?

[Luis Gonzalez]

They said he was a physics student at Brown 25 years ago, and also that he's a Portugese National, not an American citizen

Does that mean he was illegally in the country for 25 years?

Who knows?

Maybe they offed some Julio just to find him and point.

I guess he must have yelled “Arriba!”, “Arriba!”

🤷🏻‍♂️

[Timber Rattler]

They're definitely hiding something and doing a very bad job of it.  I don't know who they think they are fooling.

[Timber Rattler]

https://twitter.com/nicksortor/status/2001857909408575878

Those worthless cops behind her look really embarrassed and uncomfortable.  Watch that chief looking down at his shoes throughout her word salad, and the other guy with the deer in the headlights look.

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Circumstances of finding shooter's body will probably come out in Boston US Attorney's press conference at 10:30 PM EST.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuqJQZM8r8o

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2002033465659650381

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/2002028606491422990

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/JollyRogX/status/2002034155283173630

[Kamaji]

They said he was a physics student at Brown 25 years ago, and also that he's a Portugese National, not an American citizen

Does that mean he was illegally in the country for 25 years?

 No.  He got a green card in 2017, so he was a legal permanent resident.

And they have a witness who can reliably tie him to casing the Brown Uni building before the shooting.  It was that witness’ information that led them to this guy, based on his physical description and a description of the rental car he was driving.

[Wingnut]

No.  He got a green card in 2017, so he was a legal permanent resident.

And they have a witness who can reliably tie him to casing the Brown Uni building before the shooting.  It was that witness’ information that led them to this guy, based on his physical description and a description of the rental car he was driving.

The witness was a Homeless dude camping out in the basement of the building where the shooting took place.  He saw the shooter casing the place several days before.  Brown had great security didn't they?

[American Girl]

Excerpt:
The Brown University shooting case is closed, but the real hero isn’t the fancy tech or the feds—it’s “John,” a homeless man whose street smarts and guts cracked it wide open. Claudio Neves-Valente, 48, a Portuguese national and former Brown student, was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a Salem, New Hampshire, storage unit on Thursday, December 18, 2025. He was the suspect behind the December 13 attack that killed two students and wounded nine at Brown, and also the murder of MIT professor Nuno F.G. Loureiro in Brookline, Massachusetts, on December 15. Neves-Valente, a green card holder since 2017, used a Nissan Sentra for both crimes, swapping plates to evade tracking. His suicide ended a six-day manhunt, but the story of how he was identified is a tale of unlikely heroism.




Curious when the tip was posted? Also, did the tipster just post it on Reddit, or did he also drop a dime by calling it in?

https://www.rightjournalism.com/how-john-the-homeless-guy-solved-the-brown-university-shooting-street-wisdom-beats-official-narrative/

[Wingnut]

Better source

https://news.sky.com/story/how-a-reddit-post-blew-brown-university-shooting-investigation-wide-open-13485440

[Canuck Conservative]

Brown had great security didn't they?

1200 security cameras on campus, but reportedly only 4 were hooked up to the Security Office ...

Some have suggested that was because the University didn't want to keep any video that could have helped ICE identify illegals, or help the Justice Dept. identify any anti-Israel protestors

Have at it, lawyers ...

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2002113457651663165

[Fishrrman]

Methinks the homeless guy who provided the info that led investigators to the shooter should be in line for that $50k reward that was put up.

While the rest of them shuffled and stumbled, he did the ground work.

Watch the powers-that-be try to deny the payout.

Mr. Trump, speak up on this -- make them pay!

[Kamaji]

Methinks the homeless guy who provided the info that led investigators to the shooter should be in line for that $50k reward that was put up.

While the rest of them shuffled and stumbled, he did the ground work.

Watch the powers-that-be try to deny the payout.

Mr. Trump, speak up on this -- make them pay!

Absolutely.  He did really good work there; something we should all keep in mind if we see someone acting strangely.

[mountaineer]

This entire fiasco was a heck of an advertisement for Brown University. A former student kills current students, a graduate who's now homeless cracks the case (was the degree really that worthless?) and every administrator comes across as incompetent and foolish.

[Wingnut]

This entire fiasco was a heck of an advertisement for Brown University. A former student kills current students, a graduate who's now homeless cracks the case (was the degree really that worthless?) and every administrator comes across as incompetent and foolish.

I want to know more about the "Homeless dude".

[Kamaji]

This entire fiasco was a heck of an advertisement for Brown University. A former student kills current students, a graduate who's now homeless cracks the case (was the degree really that worthless?) and every administrator comes across as incompetent and foolish.

I’d have to laugh at that if the results weren’t so serious. 

[mystery-ak]

Brown University and MIT gunman's autopsy reveals how long he had been dead during massive manhunt

  By STEPHEN M. LEPORE, US SENIOR REPORTER

Published: 17:18 EST, 19 December 2025 | Updated: 19:41 EST, 19 December 2025

Brown University and MIT gunman Claudio Neves Valente had been dead for two days before he was found by law enforcement, his autopsy reveals.

The body of Neves Valente, 48, a former Brown student and Portuguese national, was discovered Thursday evening after a six-day manhunt.

Investigators believe he is responsible for fatally shooting two students and wounding nine others at Brown, and then two days later killing Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor Nuno F G Loureiro.

New Hampshire Attorney General John M Formella announced Friday that the state's chief medical examiner confirmed he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, ruled as suicide.

Additionally, the report estimated he died on Tuesday, around two days before he was discovered at a storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire.

Neves Valente revisited his former university in Providence, Rhode Island, on December 13 and fired at least 44 rounds from his 9mm pistol, killing two students and injuring another nine.

'There are some witnesses who said he said nothing. There are some that say he made a barking noise,' AG Neronha said, adding: 'Don't ask me. I don't know why. And that's it. There is no other spoken word beyond that, that we are aware of.'

The two Brown students killed during the study session were 19-year-old sophomore Ella Cook and 18-year-old freshman Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov.

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15400891/Brown-University-MIT-gunman-autopsy.html

[Hoodat]

Brown University and MIT gunman Claudio Neves Valente had been dead for two days before he was found by law enforcement, his autopsy reveals.  .  .

.  .  .New Hampshire Attorney General John M Formella announced Friday that the state's chief medical examiner confirmed he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, ruled as suicide.

So, how do they know it was self-inflicted if his corpse was two-days old before they found him?  How did the chief medical examiner for the incompetent government of Rhode Island determined that this corpse pulled the trigger and that the scene wasn't staged?

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Brown University and MIT gunman's autopsy reveals how long he had been dead during massive manhunt

  By STEPHEN M. LEPORE, US SENIOR REPORTER

Published: 17:18 EST, 19 December 2025 | Updated: 19:41 EST, 19 December 2025

Brown University and MIT gunman Claudio Neves Valente had been dead for two days before he was found by law enforcement, his autopsy reveals.

The body of Neves Valente, 48, a former Brown student and Portuguese national, was discovered Thursday evening after a six-day manhunt.

Investigators believe he is responsible for fatally shooting two students and wounding nine others at Brown, and then two days later killing Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor Nuno F G Loureiro.

New Hampshire Attorney General John M Formella announced Friday that the state's chief medical examiner confirmed he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, ruled as suicide.

Additionally, the report estimated he died on Tuesday, around two days before he was discovered at a storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire.

Neves Valente revisited his former university in Providence, Rhode Island, on December 13 and fired at least 44 rounds from his 9mm pistol, killing two students and injuring another nine.

'There are some witnesses who said he said nothing. There are some that say he made a barking noise,' AG Neronha said, adding: 'Don't ask me. I don't know why. And that's it. There is no other spoken word beyond that, that we are aware of.'

The two Brown students killed during the study session were 19-year-old sophomore Ella Cook and 18-year-old freshman Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov.

more
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15400891/Brown-University-MIT-gunman-autopsy.html

Made a barking noise?
Does this imbecile think the killer was a dog?

[IsailedawayfromFR]

This entire fiasco was a heck of an advertisement for Brown University. A former student kills current students, a graduate who's now homeless cracks the case (was the degree really that worthless?) and every administrator comes across as incompetent and foolish.

Most would associate what happens at Brown would be typical of all Ivy League schools.

[Cyber Liberty]

Made a barking noise?
Does this imbecile think the killer was a dog?

Most likely he thinks we're imbeciles.

[Smokin Joe]

So, how do they know it was self-inflicted if his corpse was two-days old before they found him?  How did the chief medical examiner for the incompetent government of Rhode Island determined that this corpse pulled the trigger and that the scene wasn't staged?

They don't know the scene wasn't staged. Hard to prove that negative...
 
but it would take some doing to shoot someone in the head (or wherever) with the muzzle in contact with or very close to (within arm's length of) the (now) corpse, producing a stippling and tattoo effect from the unburned powder and gasses coming from the muzzle. The wound would also have to be in a place the deceased could hold and operate the weapon and the wound channel at an angle that would support that theory that the victim did, in fact hold it. GSR should be on the hand in question, and the deceased's prints should be on the weapon. Only a single set of prints might indicate the weapon had been wiped and the deceased's prints planted postmortem.
Blood spatter evidence would support or refute the scenario.
While all that can be staged, it's a pretty likely indicator if all the pieces re in evidence.
Blood loss from an already dead body is minimal compared to even a freshly head shot victim (much more blood produced). Toxicology might provide refutation of the theory (as in the deceased would be so messed up as to be unlikely to be able to inflict the fatal wound), but only if the M.E. looks for that data.

Needless to say, this is a nice tidy package, and such contrary evidence might be unwelcome for political reasons.

[mountaineer]

Cynical Publius
@CynicalPublius
So some middle-aged Portuguese dude for no apparent reason kills an MIT nuclear physicist and shoots up a Brown University classroom, then conveniently offs himself in an empty storage space with the murder weapon.
Totally makes sense. 
Just like it totally makes sense that Steven Paddock shot up Las Vegas in 2017 from a hotel window and nobody knows why.
5:59 PM · Dec 19, 2025
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I just wonder what he's been doing to support himself for the past 22 or so years, ever since he dropped out of Brown's PhD program. Did he ever hold a job in the U.S.? Legally? What does a DEI admittance allow one to do in the welcoming country? How could he afford to live, travel, rent a storage locker, rent a car? Where did he obtain the gun(s)? What the heck has he been doing since he arrived in the U.S.?

[mystery-ak]

https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2002383515133071443

[mountaineer]

Now the guy falsely accused on social media, Mustapha Kharbouch, is whining that meanie people have ruined his life. Let's take a look at this guy, shall we? He's still an interesting person, even if no longer a person of interest.

Saint James Hartline
@JamesHartline
He's not some "poor kid". He's a radicalized antisemitic Jew hater for Palestine who should be deported. He has engaged in organized, threatening criminal and anti-American and anti-Israel conduct at Brown University. He is not a U.S. citizen and he has violated the legal requirements for foreign students being in the United States.

A now-deleted 2024 essay by Brown University student Mustapha Kharbouch, published in the Institute for Palestine Studies, has been recovered by internet researchers and is circulating online amid the ongoing shooting investigation.

Kharbouch, a third-generation stateless Palestinian refugee born and raised in Lebanon, detailed his extensive involvement in pro-Palestinian activism at Brown in the August 2024 piece titled "I Hear The Voice of My Ancestors Calling: From The Camps to The Campus."

In the essay, he wrote about helping operate the Brown Gaza Solidarity Encampment, watching "61 of my comrades arrested," and caring for 19 students during an eight-day hunger strike.

He described the movement as rooted in "the Palestinian revolutionary tradition which rejects colonialism, carcerality, and any other agents of imperialism and oppression."
1:00 AM · Dec 20, 2025

[GtHawk]

Now the guy falsely accused on social media, Mustapha Kharbouch, is whining that meanie people have ruined his life. Let's take a look at this guy, shall we? He's still an interesting person, even if no longer a person of interest.

Well heck! Let’s get this guy to Gaza so he can really help his people in their cause, it must be so hard for him to be safely here in America surrounded by people he obviously detests.

[Cyber Liberty]

Well heck! Let’s get this guy to Gaza so he can really help his people in their cause, it must be so hard for him to be safely here in America surrounded by people he obviously detests.

Gaza no longer has tall buildings from which to toss him.

[mountaineer]

Gaza no longer has tall buildings from which to toss him.

Ha ha, darn Israelis!

[mountaineer]

Brown University officials are now facing mass calls to step down after it was revealed that not only were CCTV cameras removed at the request of activist groups, but a university janitor saw and reported the killer stalking the area numerous times and they did nothing

https://twitter.com/Rightanglenews/status/2003200715850924140

[Kamaji]

Brown University officials are now facing mass calls to step down after it was revealed that not only were CCTV cameras removed at the request of activist groups, but a university janitor saw and reported the killer stalking the area numerous times and they did nothing

https://twitter.com/Rightanglenews/status/2003200715850924140

Wow. 

[Luis Gonzalez]

Brown University officials are now facing mass calls to step down after it was revealed that not only were CCTV cameras removed at the request of activist groups, but a university janitor saw and reported the killer stalking the area numerous times and they did nothing

https://twitter.com/Rightanglenews/status/2003200715850924140

.

Not good.

[Kamaji]

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Not good.

Yup. I can hear the personal injury lawyers salivating from here.

[Cyber Liberty]

Brown University officials are now facing mass calls to step down after it was revealed that not only were CCTV cameras removed at the request of activist groups, but a university janitor saw and reported the killer stalking the area numerous times and they did nothing

https://twitter.com/Rightanglenews/status/2003200715850924140

The life of the Professor in New Hampshire could have been saved.

[DefiantMassRINO]

D.E.I. fails again.  Liberal largesse can be fatal to the public ...

https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2025/12/22/brown-university-police-chief-placed-on-leave-after-fatal-shooting-feds-launch-investigation/
Brown University police chief placed on leave after mass shooting; feds launch investigation
University President Christina Paxson said Rodney Chatman will be replaced by Hugh T. Clements, former police chief of the Providence Police Department.

By Associated Press
updated on December 23, 2025 | 9:49 AM

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Brown University’s president on Monday placed its campus police chief on leave as the Rhode Island university reviews its security policies after a gunman killed two students and injured nine others earlier this month.

Questions surrounding Brown’s security policies have only intensified since the Dec. 13 shooting that rocked the Providence community and led to a lengthy search for the killer. Much of the focus has centered on whether the Ivy League school had security cameras installed in the building where the attack took place in and the overall ease of accessing campus buildings.

University President Christina Paxson said Rodney Chatman will be replaced by Hugh T. Clements, former police chief of the Providence Police Department. Chatman had previously faced a vote of no confidence by the union representing school police officers in October. Local media outlets reported at the time that the union said the vote reflected “serious concerns over the failed leadership, contract violations, and policies that jeopardize public safety.” ...

[Mod2]

Topics merged

[Cyber Liberty]

It was embarrassing when the case was "broken wide open" by an Instagram post, but the latest revelation that a Custodian actually made a complaint to Campus Security about a  man acting suspiciously, and was ignored, is fatal for the College.  Heads will roll, and Negligence lawsuits are on the way.

[Wingnut]

Rodney Chatman.  Black DEI  hire by chance?

[mountaineer]

Rodney Chatman.  Black DEI  hire by chance?

If you looked at his resume, it would be fair to say that "DEI hire" is an understatement.

[mountaineer]

‘I don’t regret what I did’: Suspect in Brown University, Brookline shootings recorded videos before death
Updated: Jan. 06, 2026, 5:54 p.m.|Published: Jan. 06, 2026, 5:02 p.m.
By Charlie McKenna
MassLive

Federal prosecutors on Tuesday afternoon released transcripts of several videos they say were made by Claudio Manuel Neves Valente after he carried out a mass shooting at Brown University and killed an MIT professor in the foyer of his Brookline home. ...

Neves Valente recorded four videos in all, with the first one running more than six minutes. He admits to planning the shooting at Brown over a long period of time — six semesters, or three years.

“The time for the final conclusions has arrived,” he says. “It was all a little incompetent, but at least something was done.”

“To say that I was extraordinarily satisfied, no, but I also don’t regret what I did,” he continues. “It was hard as hell to do it to all of these people, man. It was hard as hell.”

In the video, he says his only regret was injuring his eye when he shot Loureiro at close range. Neves Valente said he likely still had enough money for a “few more good years,” but he didn’t care to continue living.   ...

The transcripts give some insight into his mental state, though don’t divulge a specific motive for the shootings.

“I am not going to apologize, because during my lifetime no one sincerely apologized to me,” he says. “I did not like any one of you.” ...