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The country breathed a sigh of relief that the man accused of the Brown University and MIT attacks was located, but that relief has come with far more questions than answers about how this nightmare unfolded. Rhode Island and New Hampshire officials confirmed the suspect was found dead in a storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire and identified him as Claudio Manuel Neves Valente.
Two Brown students lost their lives and nine more were wounded in the classroom massacre, and the same suspect is tied to the killing of an MIT professor — tragedies that should never happen on campuses that preach safety and inclusion. Families and classmates are left grieving while university officials scramble for cover, insisting they cooperated with investigators even as community trust evaporates.
Law enforcement has said the shooter fired dozens of rounds in the attack and officers recovered magazines and other ammunition at locations tied to the investigation, revealing how heavily armed the assailant was and how close a school full of students came to even greater carnage. The reports that multiple 30-round magazines and other munitions were taken during searches should alarm every parent who sends a child to campus, because weapons this prepared do not belong anywhere near classrooms.
Cornell law professor William Jacobson rightly demanded answers on national television about Brown’s security failures, pointing out that this wasn’t only a police problem but a failure of campus leadership and risk management. Administrators must explain why an institution with deep pockets and prestige had glaring security blind spots and fewer cameras in the building where the shooting occurred.
This moment exposes a predictable pattern: elite universities spend millions on PR and virtue signaling while neglecting basic safety for students and faculty. The same institutions that lecture the nation on values duck accountability when a disaster strikes, and that hypocrisy should outrage every hardworking American who expects schools to protect children first, not shield administrators from scrutiny.
If we truly care about preventing future massacres, we must stop treating campuses as sacrosanct zones exempt from common-sense security measures and the rights of responsible citizens. More visible, trained security, sensible permitting for lawful carry where appropriate, clearer emergency protocols, and immediate audits of campus vulnerabilities are practical steps — and conservatives will keep pressing until courageous administrators act to make students safe instead of hiding behind slogans.
