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The deadly shooting at Brown University and the frantic manhunt that followed have shaken a campus culture that too often puts ideology ahead of safety. Two students were killed and nine others wounded during what should have been a routine review session, and law enforcement launched a massive search as the city and the nation watched in horror. The ugliness of this story is undeniable and it demands answers, not pious platitudes from campus administrators.
Authorities now say the suspect has been identified as Claudio Neves Valente, a former student with a history tied to the physics department, and he was later found dead in a New Hampshire storage unit from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot. The discovery brought a grim end to a multi-day manhunt, but it also raised immediate questions about how someone with such a dangerous capacity could move around campuses and communities unnoticed. Families deserve to know what gaps in security and common sense allowed this to happen.
The timeline is stark: the attack at Brown occurred on December 13, and two days later a prominent MIT professor was gunned down at his home, in what investigators now believe were linked attacks. Brave first responders and federal agents pieced together surveillance, license-plate tracking, and eyewitness tips to track the killer’s movements, but that work should have been aided—not complicated—by clearer protocols and quicker communication from institutions. Americans are sick of watching bureaucracy fumble when lives are on the line.
Shockingly, Brown’s own emergency response has come under scrutiny for delays and confusion, with students and parents reporting that sirens were not used and alerts were sent well after shots had already been fired. Thousands of young people were left unsure whether to flee or shelter in place while the shooter walked away from the scene, and that delay is inexcusable from any public-safety standpoint. Colleges that preach virtue-signaling about inclusivity must be held to account when they fail to protect the lives on their campuses.
The painstaking manhunt ultimately turned on good police work and tips from the public, and investigators recovered weapons and material evidence in the storage unit where the suspect was discovered. That the case was solved by boots-on-the-ground detective work and community cooperation only reinforces how vital competent policing and citizen vigilance remain in keeping our streets and campuses safe. We should be thanking the officers and volunteers who did their duty, while demanding institutional reform from those who let this threat linger.
On top of the tragedy, this incident reopened the debate over immigration vetting after officials confirmed the suspect had entered the United States via the Diversity Immigrant Visa program, prompting the administration to pause the lottery while the government reviews security procedures. Conservatives have long warned that lax or opaque pathways can have unintended consequences, and now is the time for sober, common-sense reform of immigration programs—not sanctimony or excuses from reflexively open-border defenders. The safety of Americans should always come before ideological experiments.
We owe it to the memory of the victims to demand accountability from university leaders and politicians who prefer virtue signaling to hard choices. Fix campus security, prioritize real emergency communications, support law enforcement, and reform immigration pathways that lack proper oversight; those are basic, practical steps that protect ordinary Americans. We mourn with the families and stand ready to fight for the common-sense changes that will keep our communities safe.
