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Brown U. janitor says he warned campus security about suspicious visitor twice in weeks leading up to mass shooting
New York Post ^

Posted on 12/22/2025 12:58:45 PM PST by nickcarraway

A Brown University custodian spotted depraved gunman Claudio Neves Valente pacing school hallways and peering into classrooms nearly a dozen times in the weeks before his mass shooting — and alerted campus security twice about the suspicious figure, a new report said.

Derek Lisi, who has worked at the elite school for 15 years, told the Boston Globe he “knew something was off with” the mass shooter before the sicko opened fire in a lecture hall, killing two students, Dec. 13. While Lisi said he twice told the same security guard about a suspicious person lurking around the same building in the days leading up to the horror, it’s unclear if any action was taken by the guard or campus officials.

“He’d been casing that place for weeks,’’ looking into classrooms and “circling the hallways,’’ Lisi told the outlet of Neves Valente.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Rhode Island
KEYWORDS: banglist; brown; brownu; brownuniversity; claudionevesvalente; dereklisi; education; gunfreezone; higherretardation; hughclements; janitor; rhodeisland; rodneychatman; securitycameras
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1 posted on 12/22/2025 12:58:45 PM PST by nickcarraway
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Janitors see and know all yet the higher ups think they are just janitors


2 posted on 12/22/2025 1:01:55 PM PST by butlerweave (Fateh)
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I sometimes think wokism is embraced by large institutions because it removes basic accountability in the fundamental execution of their basic job. Woke and incompetence are necessarily compatible and the leaders are quite OK with this arrangement.


3 posted on 12/22/2025 1:02:31 PM PST by BRL
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The 'elites' of that hellhole school had their noses too high in the air to notice... nice someone noticed.

4 posted on 12/22/2025 1:05:37 PM PST by GOPJ (Democrats stand with criminals, dope dealers, illegals & terrorists. <P><I><B><big><center></B>)
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I would think he would have passed a camera with a good view during his casing of the place.


5 posted on 12/22/2025 1:08:06 PM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: butlerweave

So do Syrian cab drivers circling JFK.


6 posted on 12/22/2025 1:10:30 PM PST by Track9 (Liberal tears make me smile. Thank you DJT!)
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To: nickcarraway

Maybe this is the part of the story they use to clinch their narrative.


7 posted on 12/22/2025 1:12:17 PM PST by Track9 (Liberal tears make me smile. Thank you DJT!)
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I wonder who made up the story about the tipster?

He was employed by Brown U. for 15 years.

He was identified by the news media as a homeless person living in the basement of the building!

The seven wounded students and the families of the two dead students will get HUGE settlements after this disclosure.

8 posted on 12/22/2025 1:17:34 PM PST by zeestephen (Trump Landslide? Kamala lost the election by 230,000 votes, in WI, MI, and PA.)
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There were no security cameras in the building where the shooting took place; a mere coincidence, I’m sure.


9 posted on 12/22/2025 1:21:14 PM PST by Mr. Lucky
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Well that effing figures.


10 posted on 12/22/2025 1:21:28 PM PST by yldstrk
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To: butlerweave

Good Will Hunting, Brown edition.


11 posted on 12/22/2025 1:23:16 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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This campus police force is led by Rodney Chapman, who was on leave during allegations at his past job in Utah in 2020 but given the chance to leave voluntarily, which he did, and was hired by Brown in 2021. Allegations were dropped.

Votes of No Confidence: In October 2025, two campus police unions issued unanimous votes of no confidence in Chatman and Deputy Chief John Vinson, citing low morale, a toxic workplace culture, high turnover, and concerns about their ability to handle serious threats.

Union leaders and former officers have alleged that the department, under Chatman’s leadership, mishandled past threats, including a bomb threat and a shooting threat, by failing to notify local police in a timely manner.

He also came under scrutiny and criticism for placing a heavy emphasis on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives at the perceived expense of traditional, robust security measures.
-—KUTV News.


12 posted on 12/22/2025 1:24:04 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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Re: "No security cameras in the building where the shooting took place; a mere coincidence, I'm sure."

The shooter actually went to classes in that building, in 2000 and 2001.

13 posted on 12/22/2025 1:28:00 PM PST by zeestephen (Trump Landslide? Kamala lost the election by 230,000 votes, in WI, MI, and PA.)
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They removed the cameras so they wouldn’t help ICE.


14 posted on 12/22/2025 1:28:06 PM PST by yldstrk
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Re: "I would think he would have passed a camera with a good view during his casing of the place."

The class room building is on the perimeter of Brown property.

The side walk and city street on one side are where Brown U. property ends.

According to the janitor, the shooter parked his car behind a building right across that street.

15 posted on 12/22/2025 1:40:19 PM PST by zeestephen (Trump Landslide? Kamala lost the election by 230,000 votes, in WI, MI, and PA.)
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Bonfire of the pride filled vanities < - > Brown University Birthplace of Politically Correct

From the lower class: Hey! There is a problem!

From the Balcony of the Naturally-Corrupt Socialist Power Structure Pyramid:

Hey! Do you know who we are? (And when, and how, and what we decide what you are to speak? Or it is an upper floor window for you!)


16 posted on 12/22/2025 1:42:53 PM PST by wasmv80
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Janitors and Vegas security guards and homeless.


17 posted on 12/22/2025 1:44:24 PM PST by Karliner (Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
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Janitors see and know all yet the higher ups think they are just janitors.

In my experience in academics, the janitors often are the higher ups when it comes to having a clue.

18 posted on 12/22/2025 1:48:49 PM PST by neverevergiveup
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Looks like the janitor and homeless man were more observant than the police.


19 posted on 12/22/2025 1:53:56 PM PST by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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Resisting Trump is more important than safety to the Ivy League.


20 posted on 12/22/2025 1:56:31 PM PST by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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