Officials have not yet released the suspect’s identity

The suspect in last weekend’s fatal shooting at Brown University has been found dead in a storage unit he rented in Salem, New Hampshire, authorities announced Thursday night. The suspect has been identified as Claudio Manuel Neves-Valente, 48, a Portuguese national. A car belonging to the suspect had been found earlier Thursday outside the storage unit facility. Authorities have been conducting a manhunt since the Dec. 13 shooting inside a classroom building at Brown University shook Rhode Island’s capital city of Providence. Two students were killed and at least eight were wounded.Meanwhile, police are investigating a possible link between the Brown University shooting and the murder of Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Nuno F.G. Loreiro two days later in Brookline, Massachusetts. Loreiro was born and raised in Portugal. Earlier this week, an FBI official said authorities did not believe there was a link between Saturday’s shooting at Brown and the MIT professor’s murder. Loureiro was a member of the departments of nuclear science and engineering and physics as well as MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center. Seeking the Public’s Help Investigators in Providence said the suspect in the Brown University shooting escaped on foot into nearby streets, prompting a search that relied heavily on residential security footage because of a lack of surveillance cameras in the classroom building and surrounding area. Police released images and video of a masked man believed to be the shooter, based on survivor accounts, and have repeatedly asked for the public’s help in identifying that man. The footage showed the suspect walking in a nearby neighborhood both before and immediately after the attack, including moments when police vehicles arrived with flashing lights. “He could be anywhere,” Providence Police Chief Oscar Perez said on Wednesday, adding that authorities did not initially know the suspect’s identity or motive. Providence Mayor Brett Smiley said residents and students had grown “restless and eager” for an arrest as the search stretched into several days. Police also circulated photos of another unidentified man seen near the area, saying they wanted to speak with him as a potential witness who may have relevant information. During Thursday night’s press conference, authorities said that potential witness did quickly come forward. Authorities initially announced a person was in custody a day after the shooting but later released that individual after determining he was not involved. Reuters contributed to this report. The post BREAKING: Suspect in Brown University Killing Found Dead, Police Probe Link With MIT Murder appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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President Donald Trump said the 250th anniversary celebration of the U.S. founding will include "Patriot Games" between high school athletes. The president made the announcement in a video posted to social media on Thursday that also listed several other events and structures planned for the national celebration. 'Frankly, you'll never see anything like it.'"In the fall, we will host the first-ever Patriot Games, an unprecedented four-day athletic event featuring the greatest high school athletes," Trump said. "One young man and one young woman from each state and territory, but I promise, there will be no men playing in women's sports," he added. "You're not going to see that. You'll see everything but that."He said that construction would begin on the "National Garden of American Heroes" that would include "statues of all-time greatest Americans," as well as a "triumphal" arch. "We are the only major city, we are the only major capitol, we are the only major place without a triumphal arch, a beautiful triumphal arch, one like in Paris, where they have the great and beautiful arch — they call it the Arc de Triomphe," he added. "And we're gonna have one in Washington, D.C., very soon." The administration is also organizing a "Great American State Fair" that will include exhibits from each of the states on the National Mall. That event will run from June 25 until July 10. "Frankly, you'll never see anything like it, and you'll never see anything like it again," he added.A new public-private partnership called Freedom 250 was formed for the purpose of planning and funding the events, and it includes companies and corporations across the country.RELATED: Trump touts his economic record in live prime-time speech to the nation: 'I inherited a mess'America turns 250 ????President Donald J. Trump on Freedom 250 and the 2026 celebration that honors our nation like never before. WATCH: pic.twitter.com/aSaPqQ0U7m— The White House (@WhiteHouse) December 18, 2025 "This will be a time like you've never had in your lives!" he concluded. "America 250! Thank you! I love you all." Critics of the Patriot Games mocked the idea as being far too similar to the "Hunger Games" books and movies series. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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