How a Reddit post blew Brown University shooting investigation wide open [View all]

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


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