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Mass Shooting Suspect Linked to Visa Program, Found Dead

12/19/2025

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Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, the suspect in a mass shooting at Brown University, entered the U.S. via the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program in 2017, as stated by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
Following President Trump's directive, Noem announced a pause on the visa program to prevent further incidents.
Valente, a Portuguese national, was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound and had no current affiliation with Brown University, where he was a graduate student from 2000 to 2001.
He was also linked to the murder of an MIT professor.

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Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, the suspect in a mass shooting at Brown University, entered the U.S. via the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program in 2017, as stated by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
Following President Trump's directive, Noem announced a pause on the visa program to prevent further incidents.
Valente, a Portuguese national, was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound and had no current affiliation with Brown University, where he was a graduate student from 2000 to 2001.
He was also linked to the murder of an MIT professor.