A local Reddit user’s tip helped investigators link a vehicle to Claudio Neves Valente, the suspect in the Dec. 13 Brown University shooting and a subsequent killing of an MIT professor, authorities said. Rhode Island law enforcement credited a combination of the online tip and an array of surveillance tools—vehicle‑tracking cameras, doorbell footage and other records—for narrowing the search that ended with the suspect found dead in New Hampshire. Providence and state officials hailed the crowd‑sourced lead; civic leaders urged a reward and public recognition for the Reddit poster. The episode underscores campus safety tradeoffs between broad surveillance networks that can aid rapid identifications and privacy concerns for university communities. Attorney General Peter Neronha and Providence Mayor Brett Smiley noted that the case also exposed gaps in early detection—Valente evaded facial recognition and swapped plates—prompting renewed debate about campus perimeter security and information‑sharing between universities and local police.