Morning Joe Suspect in Brown University shooting found dead
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Dec 19, 2025 
David Ignatius, a columnist and associate editor at The Washington Post, joins David Rode, a senior national security reporter and Brown alumnus, to discuss the shocking Brown University shooting. They delve into the investigation, revealing that the suspect, Claudio Valente, was found dead in a Salem storage locker. Rode shares insights on the community's emotional turmoil and the lingering questions surrounding the motive behind the tragedy. Ignatius further explores the implications of such violence on campus safety and national security.
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Reddit Tip Busts The Case
- A Reddit user named John spotted a suspicious man near Brown's engineering building and posted about it online.
- John then went to police and his tip helped link the rental car and leads that tracked Claudio Manuel Neves Valente to New Hampshire.
Forensics And Footage Closed The Loop
- Investigators connected the shooter to Brown and MIT using rental car records, hotels, security footage, and the Reddit tip.
- Officials say Valente acted alone and had attended the same academic program as one victim 25 years earlier, but motive remains unknown.
Victims Link Brown And MIT Tragedies
- Two Brown students, ages 18 and 19, were killed and several others wounded; three hospitalized have since been released.
- The suspect then allegedly traveled to Massachusetts and murdered an MIT professor believed to have known him from a program decades earlier.