Brown University mass shooter admits crimes in video, DOJ says

The Department of Justice says Claudio Neves Valente admitted in recorded videos to the shootings at Brown University and the later killing of an MIT professor; investigators found the recordings during a search of a storage unit where his body was later recovered and the investigation is ongoing.

The Department of Justice announced that Claudio Neves Valente admitted in a series of short videos to carrying out shootings at Brown University and to killing a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Authorities say the recordings were recovered during a search of a storage unit where Valente's body was later found. Officials reported that Valente did not state a motive in the videos and that the clips have not been released publicly. The incidents left two people dead at Brown and wounded others, and a separate killing of an MIT professor followed two days later. Reported facts: - DOJ officials say they recovered video recordings in a storage unit where the suspect's body was located and the recordings include admissions of responsibility. - The recordings reportedly show no stated motive and no expressed remorse by the suspect, according to the DOJ statement. - Authorities have reported the shootings killed two Brown students and an MIT professor and wounded other people, and they describe the investigation as ongoing with no believed public threat. Summary: The DOJ’s public statement confirms that investigators found post-attack video recordings in which the suspect admits to the shootings, but it says he did not provide a motive. The suspect was found dead at the storage unit and the investigative review is continuing; next procedural steps were not specified and are undetermined at this time.