The primary suspect in Saturday's fatal mass shooting at Brown University has been found dead inside a storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire, police say
Police are about to give an update – you'll be able to watch it live above
The shooting killed two people and injured nine others
On Thursday evening, a car believed to have been used by the suspect was tracked down in Salem, New Hampshire
Photos released earlier in the week show a masked man dressed in black walking the streets of Providence, Rhode Island, two hours before the attack took place
Investigators had been knocking on doors for home security videos as they tried to piece together the person's movements
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Watch: Heavy police presence at storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire
Edited by Helen Sullivan and Lisa Lambert
After six days, and concerns from the public that the investigation into the mass shooter at Brown University had gone cold, Thursday saw a flurry of law enforcement activity.
Early in the day police said that they had secured an arrest warrant, but they did not disclose the suspect's name.
As police converged on a storage facility in New Hampshire, it was confirmed that the suspect in the Brown University attack was also wanted for killing a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) two days later.
Claudio Manuel Neves Valente was found dead inside a storage unit, after police traced a rental car that was found at the scene of both crimes.
Police say he did not know any victims at Brown, but that he had previously known the professor at MIT, and that they had both previously studied physics together in Portugal, where they were each born.
After two late-night news conferences – in Providence, Rhode Island, and Boston, Massachusetts – police still have provided no evidence as to his motives.
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Officials say the cases were linked when the suspect's vehicle was identified via CCTV footage and a witness at Brown University.
The same car was spotted nearby to the scene of the professor's shooting in Brookline, Massachusetts.
"He was using a phone that was obfuscated the ability to track it," says Leah B Foley, the state attorney representing Massachusetts."
"He was sophisticated in hiding his tracks."
She adds that the gunman and the Professor "did know each other", but adds that there is nothing to indicate that he knew any of the victims at Brown.
Officials in Boston are now holding a second news conference.
They confirm that both the gunman and the MIT professor who was killed in his home attended the same academic programme in Portugal 1995 and 2000.
He was a resident of Florida, after obtaining permanent US residency in September 2017.
Colonel Perez explains that the citizen witness the police wanted to speak with had interacted with Neves in a bathroom earlier that day, followed him out, and asked why he was inside Brown.
Neves asked why he was harassing him, at which point the person walked away.
When the witness's picture was made public, he spoke to the police almost immediately.
Police note that the suspect had studied physics, and the professor who was killed at MIT taught physics.
Both had been born in Portugal and studied at the same university there.
"There's multiple phases to the investigation," police say, declining to comment further on any link.
Officials are now taking questions
The gunman is believed to have acted alone, according to the Providence police chief.
He adds that antisemitism is not believed to be a motive, after he is asked about that as a possible motive by a reporter.
He declines to say how long the gunman is believed to have been inside the storage unit before he took his own life.
The suspect was enrolled at Brown University from the fall of 2000 to spring 2001, says Brown University President Christina Paxson.
"He was studying for a PhD in physics," at the time, she says.
During his time at the university, he frequently accessed the building where the attack took place, she says.
He has "no current active affiliation" to the university, she says.
The US Attorney for Massachusetts, the top federal prosecutor in the state, has just confirmed that there is a link between the attack at Brown University and the killing of a professor from MIT in Brookline, near Boston, two days later.
The prosecutor's office posted on X that there will be another news conference today, following the one in Providence.
It will be held in Boston, and will be held "to announce death of Brown University and MIT professor shooter".
Governor Dan McKee says "my thoughts, as a dad, were with the families" of the victims.
He praises the "professionalism of law enforcement," saying it "should make everyone feel safe".
His comments comes six days after the attack, and amid increasing criticism of the pace of investigation.
Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha says Valente was found dead with a satchel, two firearms, and evidence in a car matched to the scene of the shooting at Brown University in Providence.
"We got him," says FBI Special Agent-in-Charge Ted Docks.
"Even though the suspect was found dead tonight our work is not done. There are many questions that need to be answered," he says.
The FBI deployed around 500 agents to assist local authorities in the investigation, he says.
He says that officials are still looking into the suspect's motive.
Police received a vital tip from another individual who came forward to police with "information that blew up the case".
That person was spotted on CCTV footage and felt compelled to come speak to the police.
That person's tip "that led to a car, which led us to a name, which led us to the photograph" of the suspect.
Their investigations, based on public tips, led them to a car-rental location in Massachusetts, where they found the suspect's name and matched him to their person of interest, Perez says.
Perez identified him as Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, 48, a Brown University student from Portugal whose last known address was in Miami.
Perez says Neves Valente took his own life this evening.
As a reminder, the MIT professor who was shot dead was also from Portugal.
The police chief says it was "good old-fashioned police work" which led to the suspect.
"It was actually a video which provided us with a description of a vehicle," he says.
"That was corroborated with a tip that was received through the tip center."
They were able to trace the car to a rental company, which led them to the suspect's real name.
Providence Chief of Police Oscar Perez takes the mic now and he begins by sending condolences to families of those who died in the shooting and injured.
He says he is proud of department and is recapping the start of the investigation which involved combing through video footage identifying person of interest.
The news conference has just begun, with the mayor of Providence now speaking.
He leads off by saying, "Over the past five days, minutes have felt like hours," and thanks the people of the city for showing solidarity during the investigation.
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The suspect has been found dead inside the storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire, according to CBS.
A news conference is due to take place in Providence, Rhode Island, in just over ten minutes.
Police, city, and state officials had cancelled a new conference earlier today, saying they would wait to give an update until the case had developed further.
Police in Salem, New Hampshire, have just issued a statement, calling for members of the public to keep an eye out for anyone behaving suspiciously.
"The Salem Police Department would like to advise the public of police activity in the area," the statement says.
It goes on to say there is no "imminent risk to the public … However, we encourage everyone to remain vigilant and exercise heightened caution."
"In particular, if you observe any individuals on foot who appear out of place, unfamiliar to the area, or behaving in a manner that seems unusual or suspicious, please report it immediately to the Salem Police Department," the statement says.
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