Brown University and MIT Shooter Left Chilling Video Confessions, Officials Say
In a chilling discovery, U.S. officials have uncovered video recordings of Claudio Neves Valente, the man implicated in the killings of two Brown University students and an MIT professor, confessing to his crimes. The Portuguese national, found dead in a New Hampshire storage facility days after the shootings, apparently planned the attacks for at least six semesters.
Background and Context
Valente, a 48-year-old former Brown student, was involved in a mass shooting that took place in an engineering building at Brown University on December 13, 2025, which left two students dead and nine others wounded12. He also killed a professor at MIT two days later23. Valente's body was discovered in a New Hampshire storage facility where investigators also found an electronic device containing video recordings43.
Disturbing Video Confessions
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts has released transcripts of the videos, recorded in Portuguese and later translated into English53. In the videos, Valente confessed to his crimes and indicated that the attack was the culmination of long planning. It's done. It was, it was six months, man. Not six months, six semesters. Uh. I had already planned this for a little more,
he said in one of the videos5.
Campus Chaos
Details from dispatch records from the Brown University shooting depict a chaotic scene. The shooting unfolded at the Barus and Holley building shortly after 4 p.m. on Dec. 13, near Brown’s Sciences Library and surrounding academic buildings along Thayer, Hope, and Waterman streets6. In the immediate hour following the shooting, police reported one possible suspect in custody in an academic building nearby, one other encounter with a possible suspect in that building, and one person being detained in a vehicle nearby6.
Current Status
The shocking videos have shed new light on Valente's violent rampage. As investigations continue, more details are expected to surface about this tragic incident that sent shockwaves across the academic community.
Officials continue to work on piecing together the timeline of events and understanding the motives behind Valente's violent spree, as the academic community and the nation grapple with this horrifying act of violence.