{"id":61450,"date":"2025-12-16T18:26:55","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T18:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/mit-professor-nuno-loureiro-killed-in-shooting-at-his-brookline-massachusetts-home\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T18:26:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T18:26:55","slug":"mit-professor-nuno-loureiro-killed-in-shooting-at-his-brookline-massachusetts-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/mit-professor-nuno-loureiro-killed-in-shooting-at-his-brookline-massachusetts-home\/","title":{"rendered":"MIT professor Nuno Loureiro killed in shooting at his Brookline, Massachusetts home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/boston\/news\/mit-president-trump-letter-federal-funding\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">MIT<\/a><\/span>\u00a0professor Nuno Loureiro was killed in a shooting at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts Monday night, the school confirmed. Loureiro, a nuclear science and engineering professor from Portugal, was 47 years old.<\/p>\n<p>A Brookline police spokesperson said officers responded to a call for gunshots at an apartment on Gibbs Street at about 8:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A victim was located who had been shot multiple times,&#8221; Brookline police deputy superintendent Paul Campbell told WBZ-TV.<\/p>\n<p>Loureiro was taken by ambulance to a Boston hospital, where he died Tuesday morning. No other information about the shooting was immediately released and authorities did not say if they are looking for a suspect. Campbell said no one is in custody. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is an active and ongoing homicide investigation,&#8221; Norfolk County District Attorney Michael Morrissey&#8217;s office said in a statement.<\/p>\n<h2>Brookline neighbors heard shooting<\/h2>\n<p>A neighbor who did not want to be identified said he heard &#8220;three loud bangs&#8221; Monday evening.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I thought at first it was somebody in our apartment kicking in a door or something so I called the neighbors and they said no they thought it was gunshots,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/16\/f1602538-261d-4966-a688-e1ab69e21dc9\/thumbnail\/620x349\/94e4bc14c64be833c5280592afa3c52b\/brookline.jpg#\" alt=\"brookline.jpg \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/16\/f1602538-261d-4966-a688-e1ab69e21dc9\/thumbnail\/620x349\/94e4bc14c64be833c5280592afa3c52b\/brookline.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/16\/f1602538-261d-4966-a688-e1ab69e21dc9\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/d8a38c2503fdebde86afb71157daf415\/brookline.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">MIT professor Nuno Loureiro was shot and killed at his home on Gibbs Street in Brookline, Massachusetts on Dec. 15, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                CBS Boston<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Anne Greenwald, who has lived in the neighborhood for 40 years, said she and her husband also heard a noise that sounded like gunshots.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He had a young family, they went to school here,&#8221; she said. &#8220;It&#8217;s horrible, very scary.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>MIT professor Nuno Loureiro<\/h2>\n<p>Last May, Loureiro was <a href=\"https:\/\/news.mit.edu\/2024\/nuno-loureiro-named-director-mit-plasma-science-fusion-center-0501\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">named director<\/a> of MIT&#8217;s Plasma Science and Fusion Center. An article on the school&#8217;s website described it as &#8220;one of MIT&#8217;s largest labs&#8221; with more than 250 full-time researchers, students and staff working across seven buildings.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our deepest sympathies are with his family, students, colleagues, and all those who are grieving,&#8221; an MIT spokesperson said in a statement. &#8220;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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The MIT article said Loureiro is known for his research on how plasma works, &#8220;particularly turbulence and the physics underpinning <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/nasa-x-class-solar-flare-image-photo\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">solar flares<\/a><\/span> and other astronomical phenomena.&#8221; He was also studying how to harness clean <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/fusion-energy-unlocking-the-power-of-the-stars\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">&#8220;fusion power&#8221;<\/a><\/span> to combat climate change.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Loureiro had been with the prestigious college in Cambridge since 2016.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Professionally I&#8217;m completely overwhelmed with what MIT is,&#8221; he said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/news.mit.edu\/2017\/mit-plasma-science-and-fusion-center-associate-professor-nuno-loureiro-probing-origins-of-the-magnetic-universe-0623\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2017 interview.<\/a> &#8220;You read about it and you talk to people about it, but before you&#8217;ve experienced it, I don&#8217;t think you quite understand the type of place it is.&#8221;<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">Go deeper with The Free Press<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/nuno-loureiro-brookline-shooting\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MIT\u00a0professor Nuno Loureiro was killed in a shooting at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts Monday night, the school confirmed. 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