US authorities have confirmed the discovery of Claudio Neves Valente, the suspect behind a series of deadly shootings, who appears to have taken his own life.
The 48-year-old Portuguese national was wanted for killing a professor at MIT and launching an attack at Brown University.
Investigators revealed that Valente acted alone and had intimate knowledge of the campus buildings from his time as a doctoral student in physics years ago.
The violent spree resulted in the death of at least two people and left eight others injured.
While the immediate danger has passed, the motive for these tragic attacks remains unknown as police continue their investigation.
The incidents have left the academic communities in Massachusetts and Rhode Island in deep shock and mourning.
