{"id":2524144,"date":"2025-12-22T20:31:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T01:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brown-university-janitor-warned-security-about-suspect-weeks-before-shooting\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T20:35:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T01:35:47","slug":"brown-university-janitor-warned-security-about-suspect-weeks-before-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brown-university-janitor-warned-security-about-suspect-weeks-before-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Brown University Janitor Warned Security About Suspect Weeks Before Shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbrown-university-janitor-warned-security-about-suspect-weeks-before-shooting%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2524144&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A longtime Brown University janitor, derek Lisi, told The Boston Globe he saw a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-arrested-for-allegedly-planning-to-shoot-up-washington-music-festival\/\" title=\"... Arrested for Allegedly Planning to Shoot Up Washington Music Festival\">man acting suspiciously<\/a> on campus in the weeks before the Dec. 13 shooting and reported him to a security guard twice. The suspect, identified as Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, later killed two students and wounded nine; he is also suspected in the Dec. 15 killing of an MIT professor. According to the report, Lisi described the man pacing hallways, peering into classrooms, and hiding in restrooms, and even followed him into a parking-lot restroom before alerting campus security staff. The guard who received Lisi&#8217;s tip worked for Event Staffing Services (ESS),a contractor that provides event-related checks,not traditional campus policing; ESS says its employees do not investigate suspicious behavior and that they advise staff to call campus police for safety issues.Lisi says he believed he was speaking to campus security and did not recall being told to contact campus police; after the shootings he reached out to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >providence police wiht details<\/a> and camera times. Brown officials had not commented to the Globe at the time of the report.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A longtime Brown University janitor knows firsthand how little &ldquo;if you see something, say something&rdquo; matters &mdash; when no one&rsquo;s listening.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2025\/12\/22\/metro\/brown-custodian-saw-shooting-suspect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> published Monday in The Boston Globe, university custodian Derek Lisi saw something unusual in the weeks leading up to the murderous Dec. 13 shooting on the campus in Providence, Rhode Island.<\/p>\n<p>He said something about it to a security guard on campus &mdash; twice.<\/p>\n<p>But the warnings went unheeded. The man ended up shooting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-police-isasue-arrest-warrant-brown-university-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">two students to death<\/a> and wounding nine.<\/p>\n<p>He&rsquo;s also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/extremely-strange-25-year-old-connection-uncovered-dead-brown-shooting-suspect-portugal-murdered-mit-professor-portugal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suspected of fatally shooting<\/a> a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor on Dec. 15.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The newspaper reported that Lisi said he first saw the man, who turned about to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/suspected-gunman-in-bronx-shooting-in-custody\/\" title=\"... ... in Bronx shooting in custody\">suspected gunman<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-deceased-brown-shooting-suspect-idd-48-year-old-portuguese-national-student-brown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Claudio Manuel Neves Valente<\/a>, in November.<\/p>\n<p>He saw him repeatedly after that, behaving suspiciously,&nbsp; according to the report, &ldquo;pacing the hallways, peering into classrooms, and ducking into a bathroom to avoid being seen.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He said he reported the man to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hollywood-villains-jada-pinkett-smith-and-amber-heard-prove-women-can-be-abusers-too\/\" title=\"Hollywood Villains: Jada Pinkett Smith And Amber Heard Prove Women Can Be Abusers, Too\">security guard employed<\/a> by Event Staffing Services, a contractor that provides some security work at Brown.<\/p>\n<p>When he saw Neves Valente once in a university parking lot in December, Lisi said he went so far as to follow the man until Neves Valente ducked into a restroom.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I said, &lsquo;Something&rsquo;s off with this guy, so I gotta say something,&rsquo;&rdquo; Lisi, a 15-year employee of the university, told The Boston Globe.<\/p>\n<p>He said he reported the incident to the same ESS guard in December, according to the report. What happened after that is unclear, but if the newspaper&rsquo;s report is anything to go by, it sounds like absolutely nothing.<\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s because, according to the newspaper, Event Staffing Services doesn&rsquo;t investigate reports of suspicious behavior, carry weapons, or perform traditional jobs related to campus security guards or campus police.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have nothing to do with watching buildings,&rdquo; ESS President David&nbsp; Madonna told the newspaper in an interview. &ldquo;Whenever there&rsquo;s an event at Brown, they hire us to do ID check and capacity counts in their rooms.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Madonna even said that he&rsquo;d spoken to an ESS employee who confirmed that Lisi had reported a man behaving suspiciously in December before the shooting, though he could not confirm Lisi&rsquo;s statement that he also reported the man in November.<\/p>\n<p>In any event, Madonna said, when ESS employees are faced with public safety issues, they advise Brown staff to call campus police. He said that&rsquo;s what happened with Lisi&rsquo;s report in December.<\/p>\n<p>Lisi told the newspaper he thought he was talking to a campus security guard when he made the report. He said he finds the university&rsquo;s use of third-party contractors confusing, and said he did not remember being told to call the campus police.<\/p>\n<p>However, he said that after the shootings, when images of the shooter were being circulated, he contacted Providence police to tell them what he knew and advise them to look at footage from video cameras from specific days when he knew the suspected gunman had been on campus.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I knew it was him because I could tell by the walk,&rdquo; Lisi told The Boston Globe. &ldquo;He had a pretty distinctive walk.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But that&rsquo;s all after the fact.<\/p>\n<p>The gunman&rsquo;s victims are dead or wounded. The gunman himself is dead, apparently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-fed-reporter-blasts-brown-univ-pres-face-campus-camera-claims-just-say-can-get\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">at his own hand<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And any red flags now are all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-whoopi-forced-apologize-air-one-disgraceful-trump-lies-ever-time-brown-shooting-reiner-murders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tragically moot<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I just wish there was something I could have done,&rdquo; Lisi told the newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>Brown officials had not responded to The Boston Globe&rsquo;s request for comment on Monday, according to the report.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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