Brown University gunman recorded videos saying attack was planned for months

Brown University gunman recorded videos saying attack was planned for months

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Key Points:

  • Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, the gunman who killed two Brown University students and an MIT professor, planned the attacks for six semesters and showed no remorse in confessional videos released by investigators.
  • The gunman, a Portuguese immigrant, did not provide a clear motive for targeting the Brown students or the MIT professor, despite defending his actions in the footage.
  • The attack on 13 December at Brown University resulted in two student deaths and nine injuries, followed two days later by the fatal shooting of MIT professor Nuno Loureiro near Boston, after which the gunman took his own life.
  • The videos, recorded in Portuguese and found with the gunman's body in New Hampshire, revealed he blamed the victims for their deaths and