December 21, 2025 • 6 mins
New details from an autopsy of the man suspected in the mass shooting at Brown University and the shooting of an MIT professor. An uninvolved 84-year-old man was killed during a police pursuit in Stoughton yesterday. The Department of Justice posted two more batches of Epstein files to its website yesterday. Stay in "The Loop" with WBZ NewsRadio.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local news.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Forty one degrees in Boston's and Clouds at six o'clock.
Good morning, I'm Charlie bergeron Here's what's happening. An autopsy
on the man suspected in the mass shooting at Brown
University and the shooting of an MIT professor reveals when
Claudio Nevis Valenti was found dead Thursday of a self
inflicted gunshot wound, he had been dead for two days.
(00:29):
CBS Boston's Logan Hall Now from Providence.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
Even though we still don't have a motive, Folks here
in the Brown community, students residents here telling us that
they finally feel a sense of closure. They feel like
this is all wrapping up. However, this will be a
very different campus going forward. This is something that we've
heard from students here, from residents in this area, saying
that there will be changes going forward and that this
will always feel like a different place.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
Officials at Brown say there are more than twelve hundred
cameras on campus, but the attack took place in an
old part of the engineering building that was not properly
equipped with cameras. A police pursuit in Stoughton yesterday morning,
an eighty four year old man not involved in that
chase was killed. It was just before eleven am police
(01:13):
tried to pull over a twenty six year old Jason
or Tees of Brockton. Or Tees later crashed into another
car with two people inside at the intersection of Prospect
and Pleasant Streets. The driver from Stoton rushed to a
nearby hospital, where he later died. A seventy eight year
old female passenger, also from Stoton taken to a hospital
in Boston with serious injuries. Or Tees and a passenger
(01:35):
fled the scene and were later apprehended. Or Teas will
be arranged in Stoughton District Court tomorrow, charged with motor
vehicle homicide. A hit and ron last night. This happened
at about six point thirty on Court Street in Plymouth.
The unidentified pedestrian struck by a white work van which
was last seen traveling north on Rude three A toward Kingston.
(01:58):
The victim taken by MedFlight to a hospital in Boston.
His condition this morning not known. Investigate investigators say the van,
with white piping on the roof and silver rims, has
damage to the front passenger side. Anyone who has any
additional information is asked to contact police in Plymouth. The
(02:18):
Department of Justice posted two more batches of Epstein files
to its website yesterday, but not much to see ABC's
Olivia Rubin.
Speaker 4 (02:26):
Really, the key here is that it is only a
partial release, which is not exactly what the law had
called for, which said that the Department of Justice needed
to release all of the files that they have on
Jeffrey Epstein, but the Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche seemingly
indicating that that just wasn't possible for two reasons because
of the volume of documents here right, and also because
of the sensitivity they are required to redact any information
(02:49):
that would impact victims, redact any inappropriate child sexual abuse material.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
The Justice Department's web page is also missing at least
sixteen of its files a day after they were released,
discrepancies fueling online speculation about whether they were intentionally removed.
Let's check the four day they will be basy ACU
weather forecast LaTroy Thornton tells us Today we'll have some sunshine.
It will be breezy, high about forty five, clear, cold
(03:15):
overnight Tonight we drop back to twenty three. Brisk, breezy
again tomorrow, sunshine high thirty five. Get some clouds moving
in at night. Tuesday. I got some snow coming, not
a lot, an inch or two, probably enough just to
make the roads slick. If you are further to the
south on the south coast Cape Islands, could be more
of a rain snow mixed, temperatures about forty down that way.
(03:36):
For Christmas Eve, breezy with sunshine high thirty six, and
then for Christmas Day looks okay, clouds and temperatures in
the thirties forty one Right now in Boston at six
oh five, So if you're scrambling to do some last
minute shopping, you're not alone. CBS News Boston's Paul Burton
reports from the south Shore Plaza in Braintree, which was
full of shoppers yesterday.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
The holiday shopping spirit was in full forest in.
Speaker 5 (04:06):
The south Shore Plaza and Braintree. We're very excited.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
The parking lot was packed as shoppers scrambled the finest space.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
I'm very excited for the holiday season.
Speaker 4 (04:16):
It's very I love festive season.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
Shoppers hands were full of bags with toys and gifts
as Santa Claus worked overtime taking in requests.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
I love it, you gotta, I love it.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
What's your message is?
Speaker 2 (04:29):
Christmas season?
Speaker 1 (04:31):
Be safe out there and have a happy Christmas. Trenan.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
If you're looking to do some last minute shopping, the
south Shore Plaza opens at ten today, north Shore Mall
in Peebady opens at nine, The Snowport Holiday Market opens
at eleven. The Soa Winter Festival also opens at ten
and if you're doing some holiday shopping around the Natick Mall,
you can also give back your WBC's Kyle Bray.
Speaker 5 (04:56):
There were two vending machines set up at the end
of a long haul at the Natick Mall, but instead
of having snacks and drinks inside, people can buy things
like toilet tries, job training, and even chickens. It's all
part of the Giving Machine, a vending machine that gives
people a chance to support local and global charities by
buying the supplies and services they need most. The machine
benefits charities like the Greater Boston Food Bank and the
(05:16):
Transformational Prison Project. Crystal Whitmore is in charge of the
machines here in New England and she says the location
is key.
Speaker 6 (05:22):
When you come to the mall to shop, you have
the opportunity to also give two people who are in need.
Speaker 5 (05:29):
They're celebrating Family Day, a day to get younger kids
involved in helping others. Whitmore says it's an important opportunity
to teach kids about helping people less fortunate than them.
Speaker 6 (05:38):
They don't always understand or grasp that there are others
that do. Kids their age who more food is scarce,
they go to school without eating breakfast and are having
the clothing they need, especially in the winter time.
Speaker 5 (05:53):
From Natick Kyle Bray, WBZ Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
At Least are warning about a string of setup rock
in one of the nation's largest cities.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
Several people were hurt after they showed up to buy
items listed on Facebook marketplace. Philadelphia Police Detective Captain Jason
Smith four.
Speaker 7 (06:10):
Of the six incidents, our victims were pistol whipped by
one of the offenders.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
He said. Detectives soon realized these weren't isolated incidents.
Speaker 7 (06:19):
Came to the realization that there was a pattern involving
these Facebook marketplace set up robberies.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
Four people have been arrested. Police said they recovered seven firearms.
Christopher Cruz CBS News, if.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
You're selling something on Facebook, meet in a public space.
You are now in the loop or news updates throughout
the day. Listen to DOUBLEDBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app.
I'm Charlie Berger on WDBZ, Boston's news radio
This is WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local news.
Speaker 2 (00:08):
Forty one degrees in Boston's and Clouds at six o'clock.
Good morning, I'm Charlie bergeron Here's what's happening. An autopsy
on the man suspected in the mass shooting at Brown
University and the shooting of an MIT professor reveals when
Claudio Nevis Valenti was found dead Thursday of a self
inflicted gunshot wound, he had been dead for two days.
(00:29):
CBS Boston's Logan Hall Now from Providence.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
Even though we still don't have a motive, Folks here
in the Brown community, students residents here telling us that
they finally feel a sense of closure. They feel like
this is all wrapping up. However, this will be a
very different campus going forward. This is something that we've
heard from students here, from residents in this area, saying
that there will be changes going forward and that this
will always feel like a different place.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
Officials at Brown say there are more than twelve hundred
cameras on campus, but the attack took place in an
old part of the engineering building that was not properly
equipped with cameras. A police pursuit in Stoughton yesterday morning,
an eighty four year old man not involved in that
chase was killed. It was just before eleven am police
(01:13):
tried to pull over a twenty six year old Jason
or Tees of Brockton. Or Tees later crashed into another
car with two people inside at the intersection of Prospect
and Pleasant Streets. The driver from Stoton rushed to a
nearby hospital, where he later died. A seventy eight year
old female passenger, also from Stoton taken to a hospital
in Boston with serious injuries. Or Tees and a passenger
(01:35):
fled the scene and were later apprehended. Or Teas will
be arranged in Stoughton District Court tomorrow, charged with motor
vehicle homicide. A hit and ron last night. This happened
at about six point thirty on Court Street in Plymouth.
The unidentified pedestrian struck by a white work van which
was last seen traveling north on Rude three A toward Kingston.
(01:58):
The victim taken by MedFlight to a hospital in Boston.
His condition this morning not known. Investigate investigators say the van,
with white piping on the roof and silver rims, has
damage to the front passenger side. Anyone who has any
additional information is asked to contact police in Plymouth. The
(02:18):
Department of Justice posted two more batches of Epstein files
to its website yesterday, but not much to see ABC's
Olivia Rubin.
Speaker 4 (02:26):
Really, the key here is that it is only a
partial release, which is not exactly what the law had
called for, which said that the Department of Justice needed
to release all of the files that they have on
Jeffrey Epstein, but the Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche seemingly
indicating that that just wasn't possible for two reasons because
of the volume of documents here right, and also because
of the sensitivity they are required to redact any information
(02:49):
that would impact victims, redact any inappropriate child sexual abuse material.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
The Justice Department's web page is also missing at least
sixteen of its files a day after they were released,
discrepancies fueling online speculation about whether they were intentionally removed.
Let's check the four day they will be basy ACU
weather forecast LaTroy Thornton tells us Today we'll have some sunshine.
It will be breezy, high about forty five, clear, cold
(03:15):
overnight Tonight we drop back to twenty three. Brisk, breezy
again tomorrow, sunshine high thirty five. Get some clouds moving
in at night. Tuesday. I got some snow coming, not
a lot, an inch or two, probably enough just to
make the roads slick. If you are further to the
south on the south coast Cape Islands, could be more
of a rain snow mixed, temperatures about forty down that way.
(03:36):
For Christmas Eve, breezy with sunshine high thirty six, and
then for Christmas Day looks okay, clouds and temperatures in
the thirties forty one Right now in Boston at six
oh five, So if you're scrambling to do some last
minute shopping, you're not alone. CBS News Boston's Paul Burton
reports from the south Shore Plaza in Braintree, which was
full of shoppers yesterday.
Speaker 1 (04:03):
The holiday shopping spirit was in full forest in.
Speaker 5 (04:06):
The south Shore Plaza and Braintree. We're very excited.
Speaker 1 (04:10):
The parking lot was packed as shoppers scrambled the finest space.
Speaker 2 (04:14):
I'm very excited for the holiday season.
Speaker 4 (04:16):
It's very I love festive season.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
Shoppers hands were full of bags with toys and gifts
as Santa Claus worked overtime taking in requests.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
I love it, you gotta, I love it.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
What's your message is?
Speaker 2 (04:29):
Christmas season?
Speaker 1 (04:31):
Be safe out there and have a happy Christmas. Trenan.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
If you're looking to do some last minute shopping, the
south Shore Plaza opens at ten today, north Shore Mall
in Peebady opens at nine, The Snowport Holiday Market opens
at eleven. The Soa Winter Festival also opens at ten
and if you're doing some holiday shopping around the Natick Mall,
you can also give back your WBC's Kyle Bray.
Speaker 5 (04:56):
There were two vending machines set up at the end
of a long haul at the Natick Mall, but instead
of having snacks and drinks inside, people can buy things
like toilet tries, job training, and even chickens. It's all
part of the Giving Machine, a vending machine that gives
people a chance to support local and global charities by
buying the supplies and services they need most. The machine
benefits charities like the Greater Boston Food Bank and the
(05:16):
Transformational Prison Project. Crystal Whitmore is in charge of the
machines here in New England and she says the location
is key.
Speaker 6 (05:22):
When you come to the mall to shop, you have
the opportunity to also give two people who are in need.
Speaker 5 (05:29):
They're celebrating Family Day, a day to get younger kids
involved in helping others. Whitmore says it's an important opportunity
to teach kids about helping people less fortunate than them.
Speaker 6 (05:38):
They don't always understand or grasp that there are others
that do. Kids their age who more food is scarce,
they go to school without eating breakfast and are having
the clothing they need, especially in the winter time.
Speaker 5 (05:53):
From Natick Kyle Bray, WBZ Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
At Least are warning about a string of setup rock
in one of the nation's largest cities.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
Several people were hurt after they showed up to buy
items listed on Facebook marketplace. Philadelphia Police Detective Captain Jason
Smith four.
Speaker 7 (06:10):
Of the six incidents, our victims were pistol whipped by
one of the offenders.
Speaker 1 (06:15):
He said. Detectives soon realized these weren't isolated incidents.
Speaker 7 (06:19):
Came to the realization that there was a pattern involving
these Facebook marketplace set up robberies.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
Four people have been arrested. Police said they recovered seven firearms.
Christopher Cruz CBS News, if.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
You're selling something on Facebook, meet in a public space.
You are now in the loop or news updates throughout
the day. Listen to DOUBLEDBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app.
I'm Charlie Berger on WDBZ, Boston's news radio
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