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Brown Shooting Linked to MIT Murder
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Tragic Shootings at Brown University and MIT Linked: Authorities Identify Suspect
Two students were killed and nine injured in a shooting at Brown University, with the alleged gunman, Claudio Neves Valente, identified as a former physics student. Valente was seen on campus multiple times before the shooting and later fatally shot a MIT professor, Nuno Loureiro, in Brookline. The two incidents were linked when a wounded student recognized Valente from surveillance footage. Valente had allegedly concealed his identity by placing a Maine license plate over his rental cars Florida plate. The investigation is ongoing to understand the motive behind these violent acts.
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