US EditionFormer classmates describe accused Brown shooter as ‘brilliant’ but arrogant and difficult
Classmates described Claudio Neves Valente as a top student with a confrontational nature who struggled socially and academically, with a motive still under investigation.
- On Thursday, authorities found Claudio Manuel Neves Valente dead from a self-inflicted gunshot in a New Hampshire storage unit after a dayslong manhunt; he was the suspect in the Brown University and MIT killings.
- Academic records and classmates say Claudio Manuel Neves Valente enrolled at Brown University from fall 2000 to spring 2001, grew frustrated with courses and life, and engaged in a campus fight, former classmate Scott Watson said.
- The attack left two Brown University students dead and nine injured, while Nuno F.G. Loureiro, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was fatally shot at his Brookline, Massachusetts home on Dec. 15, 2025.
- Investigators said police and federal officials say a motive remains under investigation as an FBI Evidence Response Team searched Brown University grounds in Providence, Rhode Island on Dec. 15, 2025.
- Bruno Nobre said `Claudio was a brilliant student and a very friendly colleague`, while Scott Watson recalled `him getting irritated about the quality of food on campus, especially the lack of high-quality fish`.
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Friend of Brown University shooter details ‘angry’ behavior: ‘He hated Brown and he hated Providence’
An old friend of Claudio Manuel Neves Valente — who described himself as his only friend from his time at Brown University — said he was “shocked” to learn that Neves Valente is believed to have shot and killed two students at Brown last week.
While investigators are working to find a motive behind the massive shooting at Brown University and the murder of a well-known professor at MIT, ex-partners of the alleged killer describe him as a brilliant but exceptionally difficult student.
Former classmates describe accused Brown shooter as ‘brilliant’ but arrogant and difficult
As investigators work to find a motive behind the mass shooting at Brown University and the slaying of an acclaimed MIT professor, former classmates of the accused killer described him as a brilliant but exceptionally difficult student.
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The Independent (US)Suspected Brown shooter was ‘socially awkward,’ college classmate says
“During his time at Brown, I was essentially his only friend,” Watson told The Independent.
MACDONALD: Democrats Brown Shooter "Problem"
On Today’s Morning Update, I talked about the failed security footprint at Brown University and gun-free zones. Incompetent or not, the fools dancing around the microphones in the Island of Rhode could have prevented this if someone besides the shooter was armed. It turns out the shooter is alleged to be a former Brown student, ... Read more The post MACDONALD: Democrats Brown Shooter “Problem” appeared first on Granite Grok.
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