Accused Brown University shooter planned attack for years, video transcripts show

The Guardian - World NewsCenter-LeftEN 2 min read 100% complete by Abené Clayton and agenciesJanuary 7, 2026 at 02:14 AM

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A former Brown University student, a Portuguese national, planned and carried out a shooting at Brown on December 13, killing two students and wounding nine others. He also murdered an MIT professor in Brookline, Massachusetts, days later. The shooter, who attended both Brown and MIT decades earlier, left behind video recordings stating he had planned the attacks for years, but did not provide a motive. Law enforcement found the shooter dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a New Hampshire storage facility, along with the videos. The victims were identified as Brown students Ella Cook and MukhammadAziz Umurzokov, and MIT professor Nuno FG Loureiro.

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