Claudio Neves Valente, who killed himself after the attack, had been planning the violence since 2022, the FBI reveals.
The FBI has announced that Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, the gunman responsible for the December shooting at Brown University, was driven by personal grievances. Valente killed two students and injured nine others before taking his own life. [source]
Federal authorities report that Valente began planning the attack in 2022. The FBI’s Boston division has completed a significant part of their investigation, revealing that Valente sought retribution against those he blamed for his personal failures. [source]
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'The gunman behind a deadly shooting at Brown University… appeared to have been aggrieved by personal failures,' FBI
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- https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/29/brown-university-shooting-suspect-fbi — Details on the suspect's motivations and investigation conclusions