A 47-year-old MIT professor has died after being shot in his Brookline home Monday night.
Officers from the Massachusetts State Police and Brookline Police Department responded to reports of a man shot on Gibb Street.
Nuno F.G. Loureiro was transported to a local hospital and succumbed to his injuries Tuesday morning.
Police are actively investigating the death as a homicide, according to the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office, writing in a statement, “No further information is being released at this time.”
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According to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s website, Loureiro was director of the school’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center as well as a professor of nuclear science and engineering and physics.
“Sadly, I can confirm that Professor Nuno Loureiro, who died early this morning, was a current MIT faculty member,” said institute spokesperson Sarah McDonnell. “Our deepest sympathies are with his family, students, colleagues, and all those who are grieving. Focused outreach and conversations are taking place within our community to offer care and support for those who knew Prof. Loureiro, and a message will be shared with our wider community.”
McDonnell said that MIT police were also assisting in the investigation.
A few people walking in an out of the center Loureiro ran Tuesday declined to comment or referred The Herald to the school’s communication team.
This is a developing story …
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