Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, 48, a Portuguese immigrant and former Brown University student, fatally shot students Ella Cook, 19, and Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, 18, in a Providence, Rhode Island classroom on 13 December, injuring nine others. Two days later, he killed MIT professor Nuno Loureiro near Boston before taking his own life. Confessional videos from Neves Valente, found in a New Hampshire storage unit with his body on 18 December, reveal six semesters of planning and no remorse.
Attack details and videos
Transcripts released Tuesday by the US Attorney for Massachusetts show Neves Valente speaking in Portuguese, translated into English. He defended the Brown University attack as his intended target but provided no motive for selecting students or the MIT professor, whom he knew from university in Portugal. Videos discovered after a three-state manhunt highlight his surprise at delayed police identification.
He complained of a self-inflicted eye injury from a discharged bullet casing during the MIT shooting at close range.
No remorse, no mental illness claim
Neves Valente blamed “innocent, unarmed children” for their deaths, grumbled about his injury, and denied mental illness or anti-US hatred. He called immigrating to America a “mistake” but stressed no ill will toward the country. During the campus attack, a witness confronted him, yet he expressed shock at the manhunt’s duration.
Prosecutors note no public threat remains, with investigation ongoing.
Broader impact
The classroom rampage shocked the nation, drawing criticism over suspect identification delays. Neves Valente’s videos expose calculated intent over months, targeting familiar academic ties without clear ideological drive.
Source: BBC
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