[azsportsterman]

Nah, guy was a pro. Doubletap to the back of the head.

[af_vet_1981]

Nah, guy was a pro. Doubletap to the back of the head.

Not random, targeted:

Odd Timeline if the target was the MIT professor:
Brown University: December 13, 2025
near MIT: December 15, 2025

More info (for me) here:

Authorities identified the shooter as Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, 48, a Portuguese national from Miami. Officials said he was born in Torres Novas, Santarem, Portugal and was a legal permanent resident of the United States.

Foley revealed that Neves Valente and Loureiro were former classmates at an academic program in Portugal between 1995 and 2000.

It's not clear if the two men remained in touch.

Neves Valente was a PhD student at Brown University from 2000 until 2001 and only studied physics, according to a university spokesperson. He took a leave of absence from the Ivy League school in April 2001 before officially unenrolling in 2003.

While the motive remains unclear, surveillance video from Loureiro's Brookline neighborhood allegedly showed the gunman in the area days before the deadly shooting, according to Foley.

On Dec. 15, investigators said video from inside the nuclear physicist's apartment showed Neves Valente wearing a specific set of clothes before shooting Loureiro in the lobby.

Hours later, surveillance video from a storage unit facility in Salem, New Hampshire showed the gunman wearing the same thing that was caught on the Brookline cameras, according to Foley.

Neves Valente was found dead inside the storage facility on Thursday, Dec. 18. Authorities said he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.