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Brown University shooter took IT job in Portugal after abandoning physics pursuit
Investigators examine Valente’s troubled academic past and personal history as no clear motive emerges for the killings of three individuals at Brown University and MIT.
- On Dec 20, Reuters reported Claudio Valente shot two Brown University students and MIT physics professor Nuno Loureiro before dying by suicide, with the MIT shooting occurring two days later.
- After leaving Brown University, Claudio Valente cut short a promising physics career to work in IT at Portuguese internet portal Sapo and later won the U.S. green card lottery, returning in 2017.
- Filipe Moura recalled Valente as an outstanding IST student who sought to stand out, clashing with peers, while others said he was reserved and kind, not antisocial, as researcher Hugo Tercas noted 'seemed more like children in adult bodies'.
- U.S. investigators, helped by Portuguese colleagues, say they are still seeking a motive and examining Claudio Valente’s academic past as part of the probe.
- The case links Claudio Valente and the victims through Instituto Superior Técnico, while his unusual path from physics to IT and severed family ties adds complexity investigators review.
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Brown University shooter took IT job in Portugal after abandoning physics pursuit
The man who police say killed two Brown University students and a Massachusetts Institute of Technology physicist had cut short a promising academic career to take a modest software developer job back in his native Portugal before returning to the United States in 2017.
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How Long Will Authorities Hide Brown University Shooter’s Motive?
This article goes to press just hours after they identified the shooter as an immigrant from Portugal, Claudio Neves Valente, age 48, a former Brown University engineering grad student. He entered the country under the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program lottery in 2017 and was given a green card.
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