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Brown, MIT suspect had 200 rounds, laser sights as authorities feared hit list: US attorney
Investigators say the suspect planned the shootings that killed two Brown students and an MIT professor; he evaded detection for six days before his suicide in New Hampshire.
- On Saturday, Dec. 13, Valente attacked Brown University, killing two students and injuring nine others, then fatally shot MIT professor Nuno Loureiro on Monday, Dec. 15.
- Investigators say Valente and Loureiro knew each other from their college days in Portugal, and Valente studied physics at Brown University, but authorities say the motive remains unclear.
- Evidence recovered from storage links movements to the attacks, including receipts from a New Hampshire shooting range and video of Valente entering the Salem, New Hampshire storage unit.
- Authorities found Valente, 48, dead Thursday night in a rented Salem, New Hampshire storage unit, and the New Hampshire Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled his death a suicide, estimating he died on Dec. 16; the investigation is ongoing.
- Investigators recovered two 9mm Glock handguns, ammunition, body armor, USB drives, and receipts, which are being examined for motive and other potential targets, United States Attorney for Massachusetts Leah Foley said.
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Brown, MIT suspect had 200 rounds, laser sights as authorities feared hit list: US attorney
(BOSTON, Mass.) -- It was Thursday morning when investigators definitively determined the same individual opened fire on a study group at Brown University and, two days later, murdered an MIT professor -- raising fears among law enforcement officials that the killer may have had other intended targets, according to the top federal law enforcement official in Boston.
Mass. U.S. Attorney details investigation that led from Providence, RI, to Salem, NH
BOSTON — The gunman in the Brown University shooting, who was found dead Thursday night of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, was also the individual who killed an MIT professor at his home in Brookline, according to the state's top federal…
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