BOSTON — The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday released translated transcripts of videos recovered during the ongoing investigation into the mass shooting at Brown University and the homicide of an MIT professor in Brookline, Massachusetts.
According to a statement issued Jan. 6, 2026, by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts, the FBI executed a federal search warrant on Dec. 18, 2025, at the storage facility in Salem, New Hampshire, used by Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, the Portuguese national responsible for the shootings.
During the search of the storage facility, investigators recovered an electronic device containing several short videos recorded by Neves Valente after the shootings. The videos were recorded in Portuguese and later translated into English. The Department of Justice released the translated transcripts on Tuesday.
What Neves Valente said in the videos
In the recordings, Neves Valente spoke at length about his actions, repeatedly stating that he had planned the Brown University shooting for an extended period of time.
“I had already planned this for a little more,” Neves Valente said in one video. Later adding, “The time for the final conclusions has arrived…The only objective was to [pause] leave more or less on my own terms, and — and it’s — it’s already long overdue.”
Neves Valente acknowledged being confronted shortly after the shootings and referenced being identified by his vehicle and license plate. “I honestly never thought it would take them so long to find me,” he said.
In the videos, Neves Valente expressed no remorse for the killings and explicitly stated that he would not apologize. “I am not going to apologize, because during my lifetime no one sincerely apologized to me,” he said.
He also described the shootings as something he believed he had to do, stating, “I’ve been here without caring for a very long time now. To say that I was extraordinarily satisfied, no, but I also don’t regret what I did. Honestly, my only regret is this thing in the eye [laughs],” referring to a self-inflicted injury he sustained during the killing of the MIT professor, when a shell round bounced and hit his eye.
Neves Valente blamed others for his actions, saying he had long felt wronged and isolated. “I saw all of this sh*t from the beginning,” he said, claiming that he had been suspicious of others since early childhood.
In one segment, Neves Valente said he had “no love” for America, while also stating that he had “no hatred” toward it. “I have no love. Actually, I think that coming here, both times I did, was a f*ck*ng mistake,” he said.
He rejected any suggestion that his actions were motivated by mental illness. “I already know that you are going to say that I am mentally ill, or some sh*t like that. That is all nonsense. That’s all bullsh*t excuses,” Neves Valente said. Later adding, “I am sane.”
Neves Valente also indicated he did not want notoriety or fame. “I also have no interest in being famous. I don’t give a damn about how you judge me or what you think of me,” he said. “The overwhelming majority of things that are going to be said, I can already imagine.”
Authorities emphasized that the investigation into the facts and circumstances surrounding the mass shooting at Brown University and the fatal shooting of the MIT professor remain ongoing.
“Based on the evidence seized and analyzed to date, authorities do not believe there are any ongoing public safety threats associated with the shootings,” the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts said in its statement. “Additional updates will be provided as further information is developed and following appropriate victim notification.”
