Nicole Parton

Officials suspect the man fatally shot MIT professor Nuno Gomez, 47, in his Brookline home yesterday.

Located roughly 50 miles from Providence, both the victim and the suspect were reported to have studied at the same university in Portugal in the late 1990s.

The connection between the two cases was established when Valente's vehicle was identified through CCTV footage and a witness account from Brown University.

Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Norona reported that Valente was found with a satchel and two firearms.

Evidence discovered in a nearby vehicle matched that from the Providence scene, and that same car was seen close to the site of the professor's shooting.

Preliminary investigations suggest that Valente died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, but police have not commented on how long

He may have been inside that storage unit.

Although the suspect has been found dead, our investigation is far from over.

There are numerous questions that still need to be answered, said Special Agent in Charge Ted Docks, noting that approximately 500 agents had been deployed to aid local authorities.

Leah Foley, the U.S.

Attorney for Massachusetts, remarked that Valente was using a cell phone that obscured tracking

indicating he was skilled at evading detection.

In response to the shooting, the U.S.

has suspended its green card lottery program with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem asserting that Valente, quote, should never have been allowed in our country.

Noem explained that Valente entered the U.S.

in 2017 through the Diversity Lottery Immigrant Visa Program and subsequently received a green card.

The program grants up to 50,000 visas each year through a random selection that countries with low immigration rates to the U.S.

and Nome has paused that program under President Donald Trump's directive to prevent further harm to Americans, she says.

Public frustration grew over the investigation into the Brown University shooting, which occurred when a gunman opened fire in the engineering building during a study session before finals.

Two students were killed and nine others were put in the hospital.