Tovia Smith
speaker
125 appearances
23 recordings
2 series
first heard Oct 2024
last heard 21 Apr
Tovia Smith’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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That brought them to a car rental company that had images of him and paperwork with the suspect's real name.
Authorities say they're still investigating motive.
Tovia Smith, NPR News, Boston.
We got him, the FBI said, and as Providence Mayor Brett Smiley put it, our Providence neighbors can breathe a little easier.
Authorities say the shooter was 48-year-old Claudio Neves Valente, a Portuguese national and former Brown student who would have spent a lot of time in the building where the shooting took place.
His last known address was in Florida.
Officials say he also attended the same school in Portugal as the slain MIT physics professor.
Police say their case cracked open after a tip led them to a car linked to the suspect.
That brought them to a car rental company that had images of him and paperwork with the suspect's real name.
Authorities say they're still investigating motive.
Tovia Smith, NPR News, Boston.
We got him, the FBI said.
And as Providence Mayor Brett Smiley put it, tonight our Providence neighbors can breathe a little easier.
Authorities say the shooter was 48-year-old Claudio Neves Valente, a Portuguese national and former Brown student who would have spent a lot of time in the building where the shooting took place.
His last known address was in Florida.
Officials say he also attended the same school in Portugal as the slain MIT physics professor.
Police say their case cracked open after a tip led them to a car linked to the suspect.
That brought them to a car rental company that had images of him and paperwork with the suspect's real name.
Authorities say they're still investigating motive.
Tovia Smith, NPR News, Boston.
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