Five days. That’s how long it took to get a straight answer from officials about a brutal campus shooting that left two dead and nine injured at one of the most elite, left-leaning universities in the country. And even now, what we’ve got is a vague, confusing patchwork of updates involving a dead suspect, a mystery motive, and more silence than action. But sure — let’s keep pretending the real threat to public safety is… Moms for Liberty.
Late Thursday night, after days of delays, press conference cancellations, and speculation running wild, authorities finally confirmed what they’d clearly known for a while: the suspected shooter was 48-year-old Claudio Manuel Neves-Valente, a Portuguese national and former PhD student at Brown University. Oh — and a lawful permanent resident of the United States since 2017. Because apparently, vetting people who get permanent residency is just too much to ask for.
Alleged Brown University shooter has been identified as Claudio Neves Valente from Portugal.
– also kiIIed MIT professor
– not a US citizen
– found dead by suicide in a warehouse in NH
– attended Brown
– attended the same university in Portugal as the MIT professorThis seems… pic.twitter.com/qsiC8qMALS
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) December 19, 2025
Let’s just stop and recap what we now know. Neves-Valente allegedly walked into a classroom in the same engineering building where he once studied and opened fire, killing two students and injuring nine more. He allegedly had two firearms in his possession when he was later found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, hiding out near a storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire — with swapped license plates and ties to a second murder: the killing of MIT professor Nuno Loureiro. So yes, we’re talking about a possible academic revenge spree, and yet somehow the media and elected officials have been eerily quiet.
Now here’s where things get more uncomfortable — and conveniently brushed aside. This man was in the U.S. on a green card. He allegedly murdered an MIT professor and gunned down students in a classroom. He had multiple fake plates, financial transactions that spanned multiple states, and a carefully concealed plan that went undetected for weeks. Yet it took five full days and a chain of tip-offs, license plate recognition, and a lucky break involving a second individual to even confirm his identity. Shouldn’t we be asking why someone like this was allowed to be in the country without any red flags? Or is that question now considered offensive?
And let’s not forget the part where officials repeatedly misled the public about whether the Brown and MIT shootings were connected. At first, they claimed there was no evidence linking the two. Now? The FBI admits, yes, they’re connected. We just didn’t tell you earlier. Transparency at its finest.
But hey, let’s all go back to arguing about pronouns in email signatures, shall we?
Meanwhile, campus activists and the usual professional protesters — who would’ve flooded the quad with signs and hashtags had the shooter fit a more politically useful profile — are suspiciously quiet. No candlelight vigils with celebrity guest speakers. No fiery press releases blaming “gun culture” or “white nationalism.” No performative outrage. Just the sound of administrative damage control and PR departments earning their overinflated salaries.
And don’t miss the softening language: “former student,” “unclear motive,” “no known antisemitic component,” “acted alone.” It’s like a masterclass in how to drain urgency from a story that should’ve lit up the front page for a week. Because when a story doesn’t fit the preferred narrative, it gets buried under a pile of bureaucratic jargon and solemn-faced press conferences that say nothing.
BREAKING:
The Providence, RI Chief of Police says the Brown University shooter was a Portuguese national named Claudio Neves Valenti. He was 48 years old and his last address was listed in Miami, Florida.
The shooter was an immigrant student and a Muslim who shouted Allahu… pic.twitter.com/ssv8wATHnv
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) December 19, 2025
The truth is, this wasn’t just some one-off act of madness. It’s a terrifying example of how easily someone can allegedly re-enter the system, armed and angry, without raising alarms until bodies are on the floor. And while the suspect may be dead, the real question still hasn’t been answered: How did no one see this coming? And even worse — why are so few willing to talk about it?
This isn’t just about one man’s twisted path. It’s about the blind spots in our immigration system, the silence of the institutions that claim to care about student safety, and the selective outrage of a media landscape that only gets loud when it’s politically convenient.
