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Alleged Brown and MIT shooter found dead, capping days of misinformation about antisemitic motive

JL;DR SUMMARY Claudio Neves Valente, identified as the shooter at Brown University and MIT, was found dead, ending a saga rife with misinformation about antisemitic motives. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Social MediaLaw EnforcementMisinformationMitMassachusettsBrown UniversityShootingClaudio Neves Valente

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New Hampshire, United States
"The man responsible for two shootings at elite universities that ignited rumors of antisemitism has been found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at a New Hampshire self-storage center, authorities announced late Thursday."
Providence, Rhode Island, United States
"More than two decades ago, they said, Valente had briefly been a graduate student at Brown in physics, where classes were often held in the targeted building."
Brookline, Massachusetts, United States
"The murder of Loureiro in his home in Brookline, Massachusetts, a Boston suburb with a large Jewish population, ignited even sharper unfounded allegations of antisemitic motive."
Portugal
"He also attended university with the MIT victim, Nuno Loureiro, in Portugal in the 1990s."
Australia
"The incidents, which bookended the massacre on Jews celebrating Hanukkah in Australia, had ignited unfounded rumors of antisemitism among Jews on edge after several recent attacks on Jewish targets."
Canada
"A viral post attributed to Casey Babb, a Canadian researcher who is affiliated with both independent and pro-Israel think tanks, listed 11 incidents that the post said showed that Jews worldwide are being hunted down and killed during Hanukkah."

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