MA - MIT physicist Nuno F.G. Loureiro, 47, Fatally Shot at Home, Dec 15 2025, Brookline MA

[Snoopster]

Waiting for the Mass presser.....

Agenda TV will flip to this when it starts.

 

[Snoopster]

From Mass presser:
He provided the same academic program as Loureiro in Portugal.
He rented a car in Boston and drove to Brown U. Did his attack there.

He returned to Mass.
On Dec 15 he murdered Prof L.
Sometime after he switched plates and drove to NH.

He drove to his storage unit (which he rented in November).

 

[Snoopster]

Q: can you tell us anything about motive?
A: can't share at this time

Q: how were you able to link the two crimes?
A: investigators identified the car. Financial investigations linked him to the car and hotels. Security cameras located the car within a half mile of the professors apartment. He was then seen on footage entering the professors apartment. And that later that evening he was seen entering the storage unit.

 

[LadyL]

There it is. The suspect and Nuno Loureiro were both in physics and attended the same university in Portugal!!
(from the Brown U presser)

I wonder if the suspect identified himself and Nuno remembered him and let him in.

 

[Snoopster]

He was using a phone that couldn't be tracked.
Her understanding is that the prof and suspect DID know each other.

 

[LadyL]

about halfway through the video in the article, it shows a man turning the corner and walking down the street
is that the suspect or a cop?

now I can see it's the same body type as the Brown suspect

 

[acutename]

do we think that the shooter was un or under-employed and decided to act out against the school and a seemingly successful person?

 

[dotr]

Suspect found. What to know about Brown University shooter

Authorities announced they tracked down the man responsible for the deadly Brown University shooting that rocked the Ivy League institution.

ca.news.yahoo.com

''Neves Valente entered the country in 2000 on a student F-1 visa. He was admitted as a lawful permanent resident in 2017.
Brown officials say he was a PhD student before taking a leave of absence in April 2001. He withdrew on July 31, 2003. Neves Valente's last known address was in Miami, according to police.''

A still image of Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, 48, the suspected Brown University shooter at an Alamo Car Rental facility in Boston on Nov. 17, 2025.

''An affidavit says police cracked the case after a tipster recognized a rental car circling the area. He gave police the description of the gray Nissan Altima and license plate. Police then tracked down images of Neves Valente renting the car at an Alamo location in Boston.''

https://www.coastreporter.net/world-news/man-suspected-in-brown-university-shooting-and-mit-professors-killing-found-dead-officials-say-11646588

''Claudio Neves Valente, 48, a former Brown student and Portuguese national, was found dead Thursday evening from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Col. Oscar Perez, the Providence police chief, said at a news conference. Perez said as far as investigators know, the suspect acted alone.

Investigators believe Valente is responsible for both the shooting at Brown and the killing of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor who was fatally shot in his Brookline home Monday, U.S. attorney for Massachusetts Leah B. Foley said.''

 

[Inthedetails]

Suspect found. What to know about Brown University shooter

Authorities announced they tracked down the man responsible for the deadly Brown University shooting that rocked the Ivy League institution.

ca.news.yahoo.com

''Neves Valente entered the country in 2000 on a student F-1 visa. He was admitted as a lawful permanent resident in 2017.
Brown officials say he was a PhD student before taking a leave of absence in April 2001. He withdrew on July 31, 2003. Neves Valente's last known address was in Miami, according to police.''
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A still image of Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, 48, the suspected Brown University shooter at an Alamo Car Rental facility in Boston on Nov. 17, 2025.

''An affidavit says police cracked the case after a tipster recognized a rental car circling the area. He gave police the description of the gray Nissan Altima and license plate. Police then tracked down images of Neves Valente renting the car at an Alamo location in Boston.''

https://www.coastreporter.net/world-news/man-suspected-in-brown-university-shooting-and-mit-professors-killing-found-dead-officials-say-11646588

''Claudio Neves Valente, 48, a former Brown student and Portuguese national, was found dead Thursday evening from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Col. Oscar Perez, the Providence police chief, said at a news conference. Perez said as far as investigators know, the suspect acted alone.

Investigators believe Valente is responsible for both the shooting at Brown and the killing of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor who was fatally shot in his Brookline home Monday, U.S. attorney for Massachusetts Leah B. Foley said.''

Knowing why he took a leave of absence might be the key to the motive of his heinous crimes TWO DECADES later.

jmo

 

[Snoopster]

I'm still struggling with the thought of what his daughter, who witnessed his murder, is dealing with. And, of course, his wife and 2 other children.
Imagine being so vindictive that you are happy to destroy not only your target's life but also the life of those who loved him.

 

[Bodhi]

The affidavit on the Rhode Island Attorney General's page gives an address associated with Neves-Valente as 1079 Commonwealth Ave in Boston.

Welcome | Rhode Island Attorney General's Office

riag.ri.gov

That's an apartment building called the Atrium on Commonwealth. It is 2 blocks from Gibbs St, Brookline, where Dr. Loureiro lived. He knew the neighborhood where Dr. Loureiro lived or the exact address when he chose the Atrium.

I'm waiting for the US Attorney for Massachusetts to release information on whether Neves Valente came to New England with the intention to kill Dr. Loureiro or if he only became a target after the shooting at Brown.

Neves Valente was dismissed from a post at the institute they both attended in Lisbon. Then, he began a Ph.D. program in physics at Brown but left after one academic year. Dr. Loureiro, in contrast, earned a Ph.D. in London, achieved prominence in the field at MIT, married and had 3 children. Neves Valente may have nursed a grudge against Dr. Loureiro for decades; or he may have resented Dr. Loureiro, who epitomized everything Neves Valente wanted but wasn't able to achieve. IMO. The news that Dr. Loureiro was named director of the prestigious plasma science center at the premier university in the field made the discrepancy stark. It may have prompted Neves Valente from fantasizing to preparation.

Alternatively, killing Dr. Loureiro may not have been part of the shooter's plan when he came north. The shooter cased Brown for weeks, indicating it was a target all along. But I'm waiting for information to be released on whether Neves
Valente had been in contact with Dr. Loureiro in the last few months. If Dr. Loureiro was aware Neves Valente was in the area, he may have recognized Neves Valente as the suspect in the videos and photos from Providence. The shooter's gait, mannerisms, and jacket were distinctive. It's possible Dr. Loureiro recognized the Brown shooter in the enhanced videos and images. Or Neves Valente thought he might identify him and murdered him to prevent it. MOO.

 

[Bodhi]

DBM. Duplicate post.

 

[wibbleflea]

I'm waiting for information to be released on whether Neves Valente had been in contact with Dr. Loureiro in the last few months. If Dr. Loureiro was aware Neves Valente was in the area, he may have recognized Neves Valente as the suspect in the videos and photos from Providence

Strong possibilities and good thoughts.

 

[Serononin]

Not sure if this has already been posted, but I was wondering if Professor Loureiro had had any newsworthy achievements in the last few months that might have re-ignited Valente's anger/envy/other negative feelings if he had heard about it. I couldn't find anything super recent, but Loureiro was given a Presidential award in January of this year: President Biden Honors Nearly 400 Federally Funded Early-Career Scientists | OSTP | The White House. I don't know how likely it is that Valente would have heard about this, but maybe if he was still following/somehow involved in physics-related circles?

 

[borndem]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2001720517745902056

Hmmmm, we'll have to wait & see. Interesting...

There it is. The suspect and Nuno Loureiro were both in physics and attended the same university in Portugal!!
(from the Brown U presser)

Hmmmm. Interesting bit of news...
Professional jealousy? (Surely not..), but ...
Who knoze. What a sad, sad loss of someone, apparently, just doing his job.

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Interesting. After a normal childhood and excelling academically in high school and college, the suspect cut off contact with his parents more than 2 decades ago after attempting graduate studies at Brown. A friend from graduate school said he could be kind, gentle, brilliant but also unhappy/angry, even a bully.

Suspected Killer of M.I.T. Professor Studied With Victim, Graduating Top of Their Class

The parents of the suspect in the Brown and M.I.T. killings had not seen or heard from him since he left Portugal to enroll at a graduate program at Brown more than two decades ago.

www.nytimes.com

 

[no nonsense]

The affidavit on the Rhode Island Attorney General's page gives an address associated with Neves-Valente as 1079 Commonwealth Ave in Boston.

Welcome | Rhode Island Attorney General's Office

riag.ri.gov

That's an apartment building called the Atrium on Commonwealth. It is 2 blocks from Gibbs St, Brookline, where Dr. Loureiro lived. He knew the neighborhood where Dr. Loureiro lived or the exact address when he chose the Atrium.

I'm waiting for the US Attorney for Massachusetts to release information on whether Neves Valente came to New England with the intention to kill Dr. Loureiro or if he only became a target after the shooting at Brown.

Neves Valente was dismissed from a post at the institute they both attended in Lisbon. Then, he began a Ph.D. program in physics at Brown but left after one academic year. Dr. Loureiro, in contrast, earned a Ph.D. in London, achieved prominence in the field at MIT, married and had 3 children. Neves Valente may have nursed a grudge against Dr. Loureiro for decades; or he may have resented Dr. Loureiro, who epitomized everything Neves Valente wanted but wasn't able to achieve. IMO. The news that Dr. Loureiro was named director of the prestigious plasma science center at the premier university in the field made the discrepancy stark. It may have prompted Neves Valente from fantasizing to preparation.

Alternatively, killing Dr. Loureiro may not have been part of the shooter's plan when he came north. The shooter cased Brown for weeks, indicating it was a target all along. But I'm waiting for information to be released on whether Neves
Valente had been in contact with Dr. Loureiro in the last few months. If Dr. Loureiro was aware Neves Valente was in the area, he may have recognized Neves Valente as the suspect in the videos and photos from Providence. The shooter's gait, mannerisms, and jacket were distinctive. It's possible Dr. Loureiro recognized the Brown shooter in the enhanced videos and images. Or Neves Valente thought he might identify him and murdered him to prevent it. MOO.

That is a very interesting theory. Any update on whether Valente had any contact with Loureiro before the Brown shootings? Didn’t I read upthread that Valente rented a place near Loureiro?