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Claudio Manuel Neves Valente -- the man accused of shooting up Brown University Saturday and then gunning down MIT professor Nuno F.G. Loureiro at his home Monday --used "sophisticated" tactics to hide his tracks as he attempted to conceal his horrifying actions.

U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts Leah Foley laid it all out in a press conference Thursday night, revealing Neves Valente likely used an untraceable phone and avoided using credit cards tied to his name. He is also said to have switched the Florida license plates of his rental Nissan to unregistered license plates from Maine within 24 hours of the Brown shooting, and before he killed Loureiro.

As for his connection to the MIT nuclear physicist, prosecutors say the pair attended the same academic program in Portugal between 1995 and 2000. Loureiro was found shot at his Brookline, Massachusetts home Monday and died Tuesday. The specific motive for murdering Loureiro remains unclear.

7:30 PM PST -- The deceased suspect in last weekend's mass shooting at Brown University has been identified as Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, a 48-year-old former Brown graduate student and immigrant from Portugal. He arrived in the United States in August 2000 as an F-1 student at Brown University and was enrolled in a doctoral program, according to authorities. However, he at some point withdrew from the university for an undisclosed reason. He obtained U.S. lawful permanent residency in April 2017.

The suspected gunman in the Brown University shooting was found dead in New Hampshire on Thursday night, federal law enforcement sources confirm to TMZ.

According to our law enforcement sources, the unidentified suspect was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound at a storage facility in Salem.

Investigators think there could be a link between the campus mass shooting at Brown University and the MIT professor who was later killed at his home -- and law enforcement is now digging into a possible connection, TMZ has learned.

A federal law enforcement source tells TMZ … federal, state and local authorities are now looking into whether the fields of physics and engineering are a factor in the murders linking the two cases. No suspects have been identified or apprehended in either case.

This is a major shift in the investigation -- especially since FBI Boston Special Agent in Charge Ted Docks said Tuesday there didn’t appear to be any connection between the two shootings.

The woman made famous in a drunken San Francisco restaurant fiasco put up one helluva fight with staff before getting face-planted ... and she's only 5 feet tall, new dispatch audio reveals.

TMZ just obtained the audio from Broadcastify, which gives another window into what happened Saturday night ... when Shireen Afkari got into a battle with workers at Patxi's Pizza. Video gone viral shows a wasted Afkari getting tossed out of the joint with her boyfriend.

In the audio, the dispatcher describes Afkari as a 5-foot-tall woman in her late 20s or early 30s, trying to get physical with the bar staff. But, as you know from the video, Afkari didn't "try" to get physical -- the pint-sized patron went all WWE on the workers, even pulling the hair of one employee.

If falling flat on her face wasn't enough to teach her a lesson ... the irate woman who was tripped by a San Francisco restaurant staff member over the weekend after she caused a scene was arrested shortly after the incident.

We told you about the wild altercation -- the woman, named Shireen Afkari -- made a mess of herself at a popular food spot as she strenuously argued with employees and got physical with patrons filming her. Now, the San Francisco Police Department has confirmed to TMZ she was taken into custody Saturday night.

While she appeared to make a painful escape in the viral video, Afkari was located by officers and detained for public intoxication ... and subsequently transported to the county jail after officers responded to the business on Hayes Street just before 10 PM.

Police are investigating TikToker Riziki Ilenre's death after numerous reports surfaced that she died by suicide.

The Montgomery Police Department in Alabama tells TMZ they are investigating the circumstances of her December 12 death.

Tara Reid's allegations of drugging aren't necessarily false, but right now cops say their investigation's hit a dead end ... and they don't have any evidence to support the claims.

The Rosemont Police Department in Illinois tells TMZ ... no new evidence in the case has come to light, and the case is now closed.

We're told doctors didn't take chemical tests when Tara was rushed to a Chicago-area hospital last month ... so, they won't know exactly what -- if anything -- was in Reid's system at the time.

ICE’s aggressive immigration raids are still disrupting cities across the country ... and shocking new video shows just how violent agents are getting ... with agents seen dragging a pregnant woman in the snow and slush-covered street.

As you can see, the woman was pinned down, slapped in handcuffs, and dragged by her arm by an ICE agent in South Minneapolis Monday as a crowd gathers to confront the agents in a heated scene -- as angry neighbors repeatedly shouted that woman is expecting.

The panicked agents could clearly hear the desperate pleas, but chose to ignore them ... because beyond the disturbing footage of her being dragged, another clip shows another ICE agent kneeling on the woman as she lay on the ground.

An LAPD Robbery-Homicide detective showed up at the hotel where Nick Reiner was staying … looking for a weapon, blood, and other evidence connected to the murders of Rob and Michele Reiner … TMZ has learned.

A law enforcement source, along with two other people with direct knowledge, tell TMZ ... a Robbery-Homicide detective showed up at The Pierside Santa Monica hotel Monday around 1 AM, telling the front desk clerk he was there to do a welfare check on Nick Reiner, who was staying in room 207.

We’re told the detective said he was concerned Nick may have disposed of a weapon connected to a violent crime. The detective also said he believed Nick may have "cleaned up" and "disposed of evidence." We’re told hotel staff took the detective up to room 207, where he searched the room.

Providence PD just released enhanced video of the new person of interest in the Brown University mass shooting -- and the portly man looks like he's just out for a casual walk in Rhode Island.

Check out the footage ... which shows the dude all bundled for his little stroll down the street, wearing a ski cap and a mask with a heavy jacket. At one point, he stops on a sidewalk in front of a white fence, turning his body from side to side as he scans the residential area.

Police say the now-clear video was recorded on the east side of Providence Saturday afternoon before an unidentified gunman went on a bloody rampage on the Brown campus, killing 2 students and injuring 9 others.

The hunt is officially on ... FBI agents are hot on the trail of the Brown University shooting suspect ... digging into one key lead -- the snow itself -- as they race for answers.

Check out these news clips ... FBI Director Kash Patel’s team was all over the snow in Providence, Rhode Island, lining up side by side and shuffling through yards with their feet. The G-Men are hoping to turn up anything that could help ID the suspect who went on a kill-crazy rampage Saturday with a gun on the Brown University campus. When the smoke cleared, 2 students were dead, and 9 others were injured.

As you can see, the FBI agents were fully locked in -- kicking through the snow, even grabbing onto trees at times to steady themselves on the slick, white-topped mini-hills, all in hopes of turning up any key piece of evidence.

Police have released photos from Nick Reiner's arrest on suspicion of murdering his parents, Rob and Michele Reiner -- and they show the alleged killer getting handcuffed by members of the LAPD and the U.S. Marshals Service.

In a social media post, the Los Angeles Police Department's Gang and Narcotics Division shared photos of Nick surrounded by cops with his hands cuffed behind him. Officers made the arrest Sunday night at Exposition Boulevard and Vermont Avenue near a train station, which you can clearly see in background.

Nick Reiner is on suicide watch after being arrested on suspicion of murdering his parents, Rob and Michele Reiner ... TMZ has learned.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... Nick is on suicide watch and in administrative segregation at Twin Towers Correctional Facility in L.A. ... while he's being held without bail.

As we reported ... prior to Rob and Michele's stabbing, Nick got into a "very loud argument" with his father at Conan O'Brien's Christmas party Saturday night. We're told the shouting match was loud enough for many others to hear, and that Rob and Michele then left the party. We do not know if Nick left with them.

2:45 PM PT -- Authorities gave a public update to Saturday's Brown University campus mass shooting case in a Monday afternoon press conference shortly after releasing new images and videos of a person of interest in the case … who remains at large.

Investigators asked for the public's help in identifying the person, seen clad in black, wearing a face mask, walking near the campus on Saturday.

FBI Director Kash Patel posted on X the agency is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the case.

Police in Rhode Island just released new surveillance footage of a person of interest in Saturday's mass shooting at Brown University.

The video shows a person, dressed in all black, walking down Waterman Street near the corner of Hope Street ... a couple blocks away from the Ivy League campus.

Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha says investigators believe the person in the video is the same as the person seen in different surveillance footage ... according to CNN. The person is still unidentified.

11:16 AM PT -- Nick Reiner's original $4 million bond has been changed ... he's now being held without bail.

Rob and Michele Reiner's son Nick has been arrested and is being held on $4 million bail, TMZ has learned.

The 32-year-old is in the custody of the Los Angeles Police Department as of Monday morning, according to online records. He was booked at the LAPD jail.

As we reported ... the couple was found by one of their daughters Sunday with their throats slit inside their Los Angeles home. LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell said Nick is a suspect in the case, and announced his arrest on suspicion of murder.

At least 15 people were left dead after a mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach, Australia, Sunday ... and TMZ has disturbing video capturing the terrorist attack as it unfolded.

In the footage ... beachgoers are seen shielding each other as shots ring out above them. Clutching chairs and anything they can to hide themselves from the attackers, families are heard screaming and frantically calling out to each other as the chaos rolls on.

Police sirens are heard faintly in the distance, but still too far away to offer any protection against the predators hunting them down.