University President Says Students, Faculty, Staff Targeted Online After Mass Shooting

PROVIDENCE, RI — The Brown University president said students, faculty and staff were targeted online following the mass shooting that killed two and wounded eight others.

"In the aftermath of the shooting, we have seen harmful doxxing activity directed toward several students, faculty and staff, and multiple offices have been committed to providing support, while we also have worked aggressively to combat disinformation in online media and activity that has gone as far as to threaten individuals in our community," university President Christina H. Paxson said in a message posted on the school's website.

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Two Brown University students were killed and eight others wounded in the Saturday afternoon shooting at Barus & Holley engineering and physics building.

Five nights later, the suspected gunman, Claudio Neves Valente, a 48-year-old former Brown student and Portugese national living in Miami, was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a Salem, New Hampshire, storage unit.

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"Neves Valente was admitted to Brown's Graduate School to study in the Sc.M-PhD program in physics," Paxson said in her message.

"During his time at Brown, Neves Valente was enrolled only in physics classes, and it is likely that he would have taken courses and spent time in Barus & Holley, where the vast majority of physics courses take place in classrooms and laboratories," she said. "Detailed records indicating where classes were held don’t extend back to 2001."

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The University has found no "concerns pertaining to conduct or any public safety interactions" from Neves Valente's time at Brown," Paxson said.

"As of yet, we have not identified any employee who recalls Neves Valente, nor is there any Brown record of recent contact between this individual and Brown," she said.

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"We know that many members of our community will have additional questions, particularly about any motive in the terrible act of violence that stole the lives of two of our students and injured nine others," Paxson said. "We will continue to partner with law enforcement to provide additional information in the days and weeks to come. It is important now that we allow our partners in the criminal justice system to do what they have the expertise and authority to do: investigate further as they deem appropriate. It is through this process that we will begin to understand more."

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