MIT Professor Nuno Loureiro Shot Dead in Brookline

Shock rippled through the Boston-area community Monday night when 🎓MIT professor Nuno F.G. Loureiro, 47, was found 🏀Shot inside his Brookline apartment, authorities said.

According to Fox News, Loureiro died the following morning at a hospital, and police are investigating the incident as a 🔪Homicide.

Officers from the Brookline Police Department responded after receiving a 911 call from Loureiro’s upstairs neighbor, who heard gunshots while lighting a menorah candle around 8:30 p.m., according to reports.

The neighbor discovered Loureiro lying unresponsive inside the building’s entrance and called emergency services, along with another neighbor and Loureiro’s wife.

“This remains an active and ongoing 🔪Homicide investigation,” Brookline Chief of Police Jennifer Paster said in a social media post.

“In order to protect the integrity of the investigation, we are limited in the information we can share at this time and ask for the community’s understanding and patience. While we investigate this incident, we will have dedicated patrol cars, officers, and unmarked units in the Gibbs Street neighborhood.”