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LiberalArkie

(19,325 posts) Fri Dec 19, 2025, 06:34 AM Dec 19

How a Reddit post blew Brown University shooting investigation wide open

Friday 19 December 2025 08:57, UK

The suspect in the Brown University shooting was found after police received a tip referencing a post on the social media platform Reddit, they have revealed.

Two students, Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov and Ella Cook, were killed and nine were injured during the shooting inside a classroom building at the Ivy League university in Providence, Rhode Island, on Saturday.

Frustration had mounted in Providence that the murderer had managed to get away and that a clear image of his face hadn't emerged - until a Reddit post finally put police on the trail of the suspect later identified as Portuguese national Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, 48.

In the post on the social media platform, a witness said he saw the suspect opening a grey Nissan sedan with Florida plates parked behind the Rhode Island Historical Society, just down the road from the Barus and Holley building where the shooting happened.

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https://news.sky.com/story/how-a-reddit-post-blew-brown-university-shooting-investigation-wide-open-13485440

NOTE: This is a good read and good story on local police work.

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How a Reddit post blew Brown University shooting investigation wide open (Original Post) LiberalArkie Dec 19 OP

Wow, wonder if they'll ever figure out his motive bucolic_frolic Dec 19 #1

A random civilian was paying attention. ms liberty Dec 19 #2

bucolic_frolic

(54,075 posts)

1. Wow, wonder if they'll ever figure out his motive

Reply to LiberalArkie (Original post)

Fri Dec 19, 2025, 07:05 AM

Dec 19

So the tipster saw him, followed him to his car. Wonder why? He'll be in for some questioning. Prolly just figured the guy would go away.

And the shooter knew the professor in Portugal in the 90s. So why kill the students? Had to work up some courage that he could pull the trigger? So sad.

License plate readers might have picked up the fake license plate.

ms liberty

(10,979 posts)

2. A random civilian was paying attention.

Reply to LiberalArkie (Original post)

Fri Dec 19, 2025, 08:26 AM

Dec 19

Everyone needs to be aware of their surroundings at all times, Reason No. 26.

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