Boston, MA - Director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center Shot in his Home - Nuno Loureiro

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Here’s an odd one:

Physicist and Fusion Scientist Nuno Loureiro, originally from Portugal, was shot in his home Monday night, and passed Tuesday morning. A homicide investigation is ongoing.

He was the Director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center, as well as a current MIT faculty member in the departments of Nuclear Science & Engineering and Physics.

Investigators search for shooter in killing of MIT professor

Homicide investigators are searching for the person responsible for the fatal shooting of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor at his home in Brookline.

www.wcvb.com

““It’s not hyperbole to say MIT is where you go to find solutions to humanity’s biggest problems,” Loureiro said when he was named to lead the plasma science lab last year. “Fusion energy will change the course of human history.””

 

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https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/16/us/nuno-loureiro-mit-professor-shot

“The homicide investigation in Brookline comes as police in Providence, Rhode Island, about 50 miles away, continue to search for the gunman who killed two students and injured nine others at Brown University on Saturday. The FBI on Tuesday said it knew of no connection between the crimes.

A 22-year-old student at Boston University who lives near Loureiro’s apartment in Brookline told The Boston Globe she heard three loud noises Monday evening and feared it was gunfire. “I had never heard anything so loud, so I assumed they were gunshots,” Liv Schachner was quoted as saying. “It’s difficult to grasp. It just seems like it keeps happening.””

 

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Authorities say they have no suspect in custody in the death of an MIT professor shot at home

Authorities near Boston say they have no suspect in custody in the death of an MIT professor shot at his home. The Norfolk District Attorney’s Office says...

www.ktvb.com

Police currently have no suspect in Nuno’s killing.

 

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There is a thread on this crime in In the News MA - Nuno F.G. Loureiro, 47, Fatally Shot at Home, Dec 15 2025, Brookline MA

 

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There is a thread on this crime in In the News MA - Nuno F.G. Loureiro, 47, Fatally Shot at Home, Dec 15 2025, Brookline MA

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